How to Play 4 Card Solitaire

Have you ever needed a card game that was easy to play in the car and kept you playing for a long time?  Try this game out.

Steps

1. Get a regular deck of 52 playing cards.

2. Remove jokers and instruction cards  (if you have not already done so).


3. Shuffle cards normally.


4. Hold the deck in your hand with the numbers side facing down (as if you were going to deal them out).


5. Take the top 4 cards and place them face up side by side.


6. Clear away any cards that you have a higher number of the same suit
(ex. king of spades and 9 of spades, clear the 9)


7. Deal 4 more on top.

8. Continue clearing cards until you cannot clear any more.


9. You can move Aces to any other Ace or any column with no cards.

10. Win the game if you have just aces facing up with nothing above or below them.

Tips

• It gets hard to hold all 52 cards while you are playing, but after some practice it will get a little easier.
• If you have turned all the face down cards over and there are still some left, keep taking cards from the bottom and try to clear some out of the way. If you have taken the bottom 4 cards and have not cleared any away, the game is over.
• Play in an area where you can place the cleared cards without losing them.

Warnings

• It may take a while to clear the cards.
• Can become frustrating and yet addictive.

Things You'll Need

• 
  
  Deck of cards
• 
  
  Good shuffling and minor card holding skills