This is a Klondike-inspired Solitaire game. The rules are similar to Klondike Solitaire as far as plays on the tableau go, however the reserves are dealt differently. The reserves are dealt to 3 holding cells or stacks and you can only shuffle through the reserves once, which means that some cards can get buried or spiked – hence the name of the game.
- Arrange the cards on the tableau in alternating colors and descending order.
- Use the undo button to take back your missteps.
- Deal from the reserves to enable more plays & work down the open card stacks to bring buried cards into play.
- Arrange all the cards by suite in ascending order on the foundations from Ace to King.
- Play through 3 levels – fair warning this game is hard!
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Spike Solitaire Cards Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions
How to Play
Build down while alternating suit color on the tableau. Build the suited foundations in ascending order. You can only shuffle through the reserves once, so be careful not to let key cards get buried!
- Starting the Game
- On the welcome screen, select Play to begin.
- Select Help to learn the game’s rules.
- Select High Scores to view the game’s leaderboard.
- Use the drop-down list on the bottom left corner of the screen to choose the game’s language.
- Your web browser automatically saves your game progress.
- Game Controls
- Desktop
- With your mouse, left click and drag to move the cards.
- Touchscreen devices
- Tap on the screen with your fingers to move the cards.
- Controls and indicators
- The game’s controls and indicators are located on the right side of the screen. From the top, they are as follows:
- Level number
- Score
- Timer
- Bottom section (clockwise from left):
- Speaker button:
- Pause button
- Music button
- Enlarge button
- Game Play
- Deal
- The tableau is dealt like ordinary Klondike Solitaire.
- 28 cards are dealt across 7 columns.
- The first column has one card and each subsequent column contains one more card.
- Only the bottom card in each column is face up when you deal.
- Reserves
- The reserves are dealt 3 at a time to 3 parallel holding positions.
- You can only shuffle through the reserves once.
- If a card gets buried under other cards in the reserve holding slots you’ll need to play all the other cards first to get down to access it again.
- Basic rules
- Objectives
- You have 9 minutes to rearrange all the cards on their piles on the left.
- Place each suit of cards from ace to king in each of the designated piles.
- Move the cards around the tableau in alternating colors in descending order.
- Red cards go on black cards.
- Cards must be placed on top of other cards of a higher value, starting with kings. (e.g. )
- You can move groups of cards around the tableau as long as they are in order.
- Only kings and stacks starting with kings can be moved to empty spaces.
- Dealing
- Select the stock to deal 3 new cards.
- Unlike in klondike solitaire, you can only deal cards in the stock once.
- End game
- Once all 52 cards are properly arranged in their respective stacks, you win.
- You will lose the level if you run out of time or valid moves.
- Levels
- Levels are unlocked sequentially:
- You always begin your first playthrough at Level 1.
- Finishing one level automatically unlocks the next one.
- Each subsequent level gives you 3 minutes less to beat it than the first.
- The first level gives you 9 minutes.
- The second level gives you 6 minutes.
- The third level gives you 3 minutes.
- There are 3 levels in this game.
- You can’t go back and replay previously beat levels without starting the game over.
- If you lose any level (by running out of time or moves) it is game over.
- Each time you reload the game, you have 2 options:
- Continue from the last level you’ve unlocked.
- Start a new playthrough. This will erase your previous progress.
- Strategy
- Since you can only go through the reserves once & the cards in them get buried on the stacks it can be helpful to lay some cards to the foundations early just to prevent them from getting stuck.
- In most cases you would still prefer to play cards from the tableau over ones from the reserves, but there can be rare cases where you know you *need* a card where you can’t let it get buried or will likely lose.
- You can only move Kings to open columns on the tableau, so try to work on the tableau stacks with the most face down cards on them early & only work on shorter stacks if you think doing so can enable a key play or create an open slot to lay a King to that is atop another stack.
- You can use the move undo button to compare between two options.
- Scoring
- You earn 50 points with every card you move to a foundation, for a maximum card-based score of 2,600 on each level.
- Each second you have remaining when you beat a level is worth 15 points.
- Target Audience
- The game is suited for players who like difficult Klondike Solitaire card games.
- The game has no adult themed content.
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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support
This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.
CardGames.pro published this Klondike Solitaire on August 27, 2022