Good Measure

Rules

Two Aces are placed on their suit foundations. The other fifty cards are dealt face up into ten columns of five, with Kings moved to the bottom of each column.

Only a column’s top card may move. Build tableau columns downward by rank, regardless of suit or color.

Empty columns cannot be refilled.

Build each suit foundation upward from Ace through King to win.

Tips

• Use the head start on two foundations to uncover cards in the tableau.
• Inspect buried low cards before choosing which top card to move.
• Do not empty a column until its final move helps another column or foundation.

Read Good Measure advice in the Baker’s Dozen guide →

Related games

Good Measure is part of The Observatory · FreeCell & open packers and is a variant of Baker’s Dozen. Two Aces begin on foundations and the remaining cards form ten columns of five.

More FreeCell & open packers games

• Baker’s Dozen — Thirteen columns with kings sunk to bottom.
• Bisley — Build by suit in either direction toward eight foundations.
• Castles in Spain — Partly covered columns with alternating-color sequence moves.
• Portuguese Solitaire — Baker’s Dozen with Kings allowed in empty columns.
• FreeCell — All cards visible. Use the four cells.
• Penguin — FreeCell-style play with seven flipper cells.

Also try

• Gaps (Grid & sequence puzzles) — Fill four rows of gaps to build 2–K suit runs. No aces, three passes.
• Klondike (Klondike family) — The patience everyone knows. Draw 1 or 3.
• Beleaguered Castle (Castle games) — Eight columns flanking four aces.

Learn

• Good Measure advice in the Baker’s Dozen guide
• How FreeCell & open packers games work
• Terms: Building · Regardless of suit · Open deal · Single-card moves
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