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Select a face-up card, then a destination column. Dragging also works.

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A guide to your next move.

Meet Simple Simon

A few details help explain this feature. All cards are face up from the beginning. The goal is four complete same-suit King-to-Ace sequences. Simple Simon on zzhtsteel.com uses a single 52-card deck with four suits. There are ten tableau columns and no stock pile.

Read the opening pattern

The first three opening columns contain eight cards each. All 52 cards are placed in the tableau at the start. The remaining columns contain seven, six, five, four, three, two and one cards. No hidden cards remain to be turned over later.

Find a receiving card

Here are the details for this mode. A King needs an empty column because no higher rank exists. Single-card placement does not require matching suits. An exposed card can land on a card exactly one rank higher. An Ace is the lowest rank and cannot receive another card.

Keep a descending suit sequence

A few details help explain this feature. A group moves together only when its selected cards descend in the same suit. Being face up does not make every multi-card group movable. A shorter same-suit segment at the bottom may offer a legal move. A visible card can remain blocked by cards beneath it.

Manage suit changes

A few details help explain this feature. A mixed-suit descending build can serve as a temporary arrangement. Open columns can provide space for rearranging suit segments. A mixed build must be separated into legal groups before those groups can move. Planning where each segment can land helps avoid blocking a useful card.

Use an empty column

A few details help explain this feature. An empty column accepts any exposed card or legal same-suit group. You do not have to reserve empty columns for Kings. Spare columns can help you reconnect separated parts of one suit. A King-led group cannot land on a nonempty column.

There is no stock

Keep these points in mind. Simple Simon has no stock-deal action. A difficult position cannot receive another row of cards. All possible future arrangements depend on the cards already in the tableau. Undo and Replay provide ways to investigate a different sequence of decisions.

Complete the suits

A few details help explain this feature. Collecting four runs clears all 52 cards. A full qualifying run is removed automatically at the bottom of a column. Each collected run must contain one suit in order from King down to Ace. A descending sequence with a suit change does not count as complete.

Use the controls carefully

Keep these points in mind. Random Simple Simon games are not claimed to be guaranteed solvable. Hint suggests a currently legal move rather than a complete solution. New game deals a fresh face-up arrangement. Replay returns to the same opening arrangement.

Keep your progress

Keep these points in mind. Its saved position is separate from Spider and the other variants. My Statistics lists Simple Simon starts, wins and best completed results. Use Privacy & Cookie Settings to manage or clear the local records. With saving enabled, Simple Simon stores its current game in this browser.