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Solitaire Card Games for Android™ offers several single player card games for your enjoyment.

General
Terminology
  Baker's Game
  Black Widow
  Forty Thieves
  Freecell
  Golf
  Golf (wrap cards)
  Klondike (deal 1)
  Klondike (deal 3)
  Spider
  Tarantula
  TriPeaks
  TriPeaks (wrap cards)
  Vegas (deal 1)
  Vegas (deal 3)

General

SolitaireCG features the following game play navigation:

• Moving
  Single Card - Drag the card.
  Whole Stack - Drag the stack starting above the bottom card.
  Partial Stack - Tap the stack, scroll to adjust, then drag the top card.
  
  
• Auto Move
  Fling a card to start a chain of moving cards to their home.
  
  
• Dealing
  Tap the deck, or click the trackball or search key.
  
  
• Undo
  Push the back button.
  
  
• Menu
  Use either standard Android menu, or long press bottom center of screen for alternate menu.
  
  

Game play may be customized with the following options:

• Large Card Art
  Enable or disable use of simple card art for improved visibility.
  
  
• Display Time
  Enable or disable display of time elapsed.
  
  
• Auto Move
  Always - will automatically move cards to foundations.
  Fling Only - will start a chain of moving cards to foundations if you fling a card.
  Never - will not automatically move cards. All cards must be moved manually.
  
  
• Lock Landscape
  Enable or disable lock to keep game in landscape orientation.
  
  

Current game statistics are available, such as wins and losses.

Terminology

A card game contains one or more card decks of 52 cards each.

Each deck contains four suits: Clubs ♣, Diamonds ♦, Hearts ♥, and Spades ♠.

Each suit contains thirteen card types with the following ascending order: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, and King.

The purpose of solitaire card games generally involves manipulating a layout of cards with the goal of sorting the cards in some manner.

Several terms are helpful to describe solitaire card games:

Stock
A pile of cards that can be drawn upon during the game, usually one card at a time.

Waste
A pile where discarded cards are stored, usually so that these may be used later in the game.

Foundation
A pile of cards that is built upon a base card, usually in an ascending sequence of the same card suit.

Tableau
A temporary working pile where you build groups of cards in some sequence before you are able to move the cards to a foundation.

Build
An ordered sequence of cards that may be partial or full (13 in sequence cards).

Baker's Game

Play is the similar to Freecell except tableaus build down in suit.

Black Widow

Play is the same as Spider except there is only one suit. Less suits is easier to play. See also Tarantula.

Forty Thieves

A widely known two deck solitaire game.

Layout
Eight foundations in upper left. Further right are the stock and the waste. On the row below are ten tableaus, each contain four face-up cards.

Play
Tableaus build down in suit order. Single cards may be moved among the tableaus. Empty tableaus may be filled with any card.

Tap the stock to turn over one card at a time to the waste. The top card in the waste may be played on tableaus or foundations.

Foundations build up in suit from the Ace.

Goal
Move all cards to the foundations.

Freecell

A classic single deck solitaire game.

Layout
Four stocks in upper left with four foundations to the right. On the row below are eight tableaus. The left four tableaus contain 7 face-up cards and the right four tableaus contain 6 face-up cards.

Play
Tableaus build down in alternating colors. Single cards may be moved among tableaus. Empty tableaus may be filled with any card.

Stocks hold any single card.

Foundations build up in suit from the Ace.

Goal
Move all cards to the foundations.

Variations
Build Order - Tableaus build down either: (Freecell) by alternating color, or Baker's Game by suit.

Golf

Count up and down and try to end with 4 or fewer cards showing. The analogy with golf is the number of cards left in the tableaus after finishing the hand are golf strokes, and each game is a golf hole.

Layout
Stock in upper right with waste to the left. On the row below, seven tableaus each contain five face-up cards.

Play
Waste builds up or down regardless of suit. A king may not be built upon.

Tableaus do not allow building. Top cards can only be moved to the waste.

Tap the stock to turn up one card onto the waste.

Goal
Empty all tableaus.

Golf (wrap cards)

Play is similar to Golf but easier. The key difference is that a King may be built upon. Play is allowed to wrap from King to Ace and vice versa which is known as "turning-the-corner".

Klondike (deal 1)

Play is similar to Klondike (deal 3). The key difference is that cards are dealt from the stock one at a time.

Klondike (deal 3)

Probably the most popular single deck solitaire game. Also known as solitaire or patience.

Layout
Stock in upper left with waste to the right. Further to the right are four foundations. On the row below, seven tableaus each contain a face-up card. Each adjacent tableau to the right contains one more hidden card than the tableau to the left.

Play
Tableaus build down in alternating colors. Full or partial builds may be moved among the tableaus. Empty tableaus may be filled with Kings or builds beginning with Kings.

Top card from the waste pile may be played on tableaus or foundations.

Foundations build up in suit from the Ace.

Tap the stock to turn up three cards onto the waste. Tap the empty stock to start through the stock again.

Goal
Move all cards to the foundations.

Variations
Stock Deal - Turn up from the stock either: (deal 1) one card at at time, or (deal 3) three cards at a time.
Style - Go through the stock either: (Klondike) infinite times, or (Vegas) only once and keep score.

Spider

One of the most popular two deck solitaire games.

Layout
Ten tableaus each contain a face up card. The left four tableaus have 5 hidden cards, and the right six tableaus have 4 hidden cards. A stock containing 50 cards is in the lower left screen corner.

Play
Tableaus build down regardless of suit or color. Full or partial builds in suit may be moved among the tableaus. Empty tableaus may be filled with any available build.

Builds of thirteen cards, in suit from King down to Ace will be automatically removed.

Tap the deck to turn up one card on to each tableau.

Goal
Arrange all cards in builds in suit from King down to Ace.

Variations
Black Widow - Use one suit only. Less suits is easier to play.
Tarantula - Use two suits.
Spider - Use four suits.

Tarantula

Play is the same as Spider except there are only two suits. See also Black Widow.

TriPeaks

Count up and down and try to remove all three peaks.

Layout
Stock in upper right with waste to the left. On the rows below, are three pyramids which comprise the tableaus.

Play
Waste builds up or down regardless of suit. A king may not be built upon.

Tableaus do not allow building. Top cards can only be moved to the waste.

Tap the stock to turn up one card onto the waste.

Goal
Empty all tableaus.

TriPeaks (wrap cards)

Play is similar to TriPeaks but easier. The key difference is that a King may be built upon. Play is allowed to wrap from King to Ace and vice versa which is known as "turning-the-corner".

Vegas (deal 1)

Play is similar to Klondike (deal 3). The key differences are that cards are dealt from the stock one at a time, and only one pass through the stock is permitted.

Virtual currency is used to track score. A new game costs the player $52, or $1 per card in the deck. The player is paid $5 for each card placed on a foundation built from ace up. The score is cumulative over consecutively played games. The score is reset when a different type of game is selected, for example Golf.

Vegas (deal 3)

Play is similar to Klondike (deal 3). The key difference is that only three passes through the stock are permitted.

Virtual currency is used to track score similar to Vegas (deal 1).