Game Guides & Rules
Plain-English rules and strategy for the games we host — how each one works, why games are lost, and what to do differently next time. Start with a topic below or jump into a game.
Solitaire
Rules and strategy for every solitaire variant on the site.
Start hereSolitaire Rules: How to Play the Major Variants
One guide to every solitaire variant we host: what the goal is, how the table is laid out, and how to actually win.
- Spider Solitaire Rules: One, Two and Four Suits How Spider is dealt, how runs move, and why one suit and four suits feel like different games.
- Spider Solitaire Strategy That Actually Wins Games The decisions that separate a win from a near-miss: when to deal, which runs to keep pure, and how to dig out of a stuck board.
- Klondike Solitaire: Turn 1 vs Turn 3 One card at a time or three? The rule that quietly decides how hard your Klondike game really is.
- FreeCell Strategy: How to Win Almost Every Game Nothing is hidden in FreeCell, so the game is pure planning. Here is how to plan it well.
- TriPeaks Solitaire: Rules and Winning Strategy Clear three overlapping peaks by playing one rank up or down. Simple rules, and a real trick to going on long streaks.
- Golf Solitaire Rules: How to Play and Win Seven columns, rank-order clearing, and one cleanup rule that decides whether you win.
Mahjong
How the tile-matching games work, from the classic turtle to Mahjong Connect.
Start hereMahjong Solitaire: Rules, Tiles and How to Win
The rules of the tile-matching game, the layouts you will meet, and how to stop running out of moves.
Puzzle
Logic grids, deduction and word puzzles — and how to get better at each.
Start herePuzzle Games Guide: How to Choose and How to Improve
The puzzle catalogue, sorted by what each game actually asks of your brain — and how to get better at each type.
- Sudoku Strategy: From First Puzzle to Hard Grids The techniques that take you from filling in the easy numbers to solving hard puzzles without guessing.
- How to Solve Nonograms: A Beginner’s Guide Row and column numbers reveal a hidden picture. The counting logic is simple once you know the overlap trick.