Crescent strategy
Crescent seeds an Ace-up and a King-down foundation for each suit, then deals the remaining 96 cards into sixteen six-card piles. Only pile tops move. Tableau cards may land one rank above or below a same-suit top, with King–Ace wraparound. Foundations do not wrap. The site defaults to Closed mode and six rotations; settings allow Open mode and three or nine rotations.
Last updated: September 2026
Check both foundation directions
A Seven of Clubs can advance its ascending suit foundation after Six or its descending suit foundation after Eight. Compare the cards each route exposes before committing. Foundation tops may also move to another legal foundation or tableau destination in the engine, so the two paths can be adjusted.
Use a rotation for a specific access change
A rotation moves each nontrivial tableau pile's bottom card to its top, preserving the order of the other cards. It is available whenever rotations remain, not only when stuck. In Closed mode, this can expose a formerly hidden card. Name the pile or suit the rotation should unlock; a blanket rule to clear every foundation move first can overlook a useful tableau route.
A short position
Constructed position: a Seven of Hearts may land on Six or Eight of Hearts in the tableau, including Ace–King adjacency when applicable. It cannot land on Six of Clubs. A foundation accepts Seven of Hearts only after Six on its ascending Hearts lane or Eight on its descending Hearts lane.