The Game

Blue Moon Solitaire is played with one deck of 52 cards. The goal is to arrange all cards into four rows, one for each suit, from twos to Kings.

• Setup - First, deal all 52 cards face up into four rows of 13 cards each. Then move all Aces to the left of each row, creating the fourteenth column. This also creates four gaps.
• Gameplay - You can move a card into an empty space (gap) if it’s the same suit and one higher in rank than the card to its immediate left. You can’t place any cards to the right of King. If there are no more moves possible, you can reshuffle the cards that aren’t in their correct sequences and deal them into each row leaving one space after each completed sequence. You can reshuffle only twice.
• Winning - The game is won when all cards are arranged in their respective rows in ascending order (Ace to King) and by suit.
• Variations - The most popular variant is “Montana Solitaire”. The only difference is that the removed Aces are discarded, so there are only 13 columns, with gaps. All rules are the same, except for you should start each row with 2 instead of Ace.

Menu

You can control the game through the menu with the following commands:

• New Game - reshuffle the decks and start a new play.
• Hint - provide an on-screen hint for all valid moves. The cards that can be moved are outlined in green, the locations where they can be moved to - in yellow.
• Undo - undo, one at a time, your moves.
• Settings - configure different options the way you like it.
• Scoreboard - we record the number of times you have this solitaire converged. You can get to the Game Center Leaderboard to compare your score to other players.
• How To Play - see the documentation.
• About - brief information about this app, including the links to our website and our Facebook page.

Settings

You can configure different options the way you like it:

• Discard Aces - play the Montana variant with all aces discarded.
• Show errors - show an error message if you attempt an invalid move.
• Use large cards - use large print cards, for the smaller screens.

Gestures

You can control the game with the following gestures:

• Tap a card on the table to send it to the appropriate place in the foundation if there is a valid move.
• Tap a reshufle icon to redeal the out-of-place cards. You only have two redeals.
• Swipe left - undo your previous move.
• Swipe right - show Hint.
• Swipe up - bring up the Settings view.