Four perfect runs, every card in sight
Simple Simon
One deck
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Goal: assemble four same-suit runs from King to Ace. Completed runs move to the foundations automatically.
- All 52 cards start face up in ten columns. There is no stock or redeal.
- Build columns down in any suit, without wrapping from Ace to King.
- Move one card, or a same-suit descending sequence as a group. Mixed-suit groups cannot move together.
- Any card or valid sequence may fill an empty column.
Read its design file 38 lines
Spider's same-suit group moves and self-banking runs, with all 52 cards dealt face up and no stock to draw from. This is the file the download button gives you. Make a game explains every part of it.
{
"name": "Simple Simon",
"family": "Spider",
"description": "**Goal:** assemble four same-suit runs from King to Ace. Completed runs move to the foundations automatically.\n\n- All 52 cards start **face up** in ten columns. There is **no stock or redeal**.\n- Build columns **down in any suit**, without wrapping from Ace to King.\n- Move one card, or a **same-suit descending sequence** as a group. Mixed-suit groups cannot move together.\n- Any card or valid sequence may fill an empty column.",
"depots": [
{ "type": "Stock", "col": -1, "row": -1, "name": "stock", "offTable": true },
{ "type": "Foundation", "col": 3, "row": 0, "name": "found", "repeat": 4,
"acceptRule": {
"emptyOnly": true,
"minCount": 13,
"seed": "King",
"build": { "direction": "Down" }
},
"ejectRule": "locked" },
{ "type": "Tableau", "col": 0, "row": 1, "name": "tab", "repeat": 10,
"acceptRule": { "build": { "direction": "Down" } },
"ejectRule": {
"gate": "FaceUp",
"unit": { "kind": "Run", "build": { "direction": "Down" }, "suit": "Same" }
},
"autoSend": "Foundation" }
],
"dealRules": [
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-1", "faceUp": 8 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-2", "faceUp": 8 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-3", "faceUp": 8 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-4", "faceUp": 7 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-5", "faceUp": 6 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-6", "faceUp": 5 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-7", "faceUp": 4 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-8", "faceUp": 3 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-9", "faceUp": 2 },
{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-10", "faceUp": 1 }
],
"depotOnly": true,
"winCondition": { "kind": "allCardsIn", "depots": "Foundation" },
"tools": "None"
}
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