Last Chance Solitaire

The deal

Seven tableau piles start empty. One card is set aside face down as the last chance; the other 51 are drawn one at a time.

Playing the tableau

Place the current card on a tableau pile or its suit foundation. Tableau tops may move to foundations or an empty pile. After the stock ends, reveal the reserved card.

Goal and first plan

Build four suit foundations from Ace to King, using the reserved card only after the deal.

Keep at least one empty pile when possible. It lets you relocate a blocker that sits above the next needed foundation card.

Read the Last Chance section of the strategy guide →

Related games

Last Chance is part of The Greenway · Waste-pile builders and is a variant of Sir Tommy. Seven piles and a hidden last-chance card replace the usual four waste piles.

More Waste-pile builders games

• Sir Tommy — Deal one at a time to four waste piles.
• Colours — Six waste piles, building by colour with wraparound.
• Lady Betty — Six waste piles, building by suit with wraparound.
• Puss in the Corner — Build by color around four corner waste piles, with one ordered redeal.
• Strategy — Assign each drawn card to eight piles before the foundation phase begins.
• Calculation — Race four foundations built by fixed increments.

Also try

• Beleaguered Castle (Castle games) — Eight columns flanking four aces.
• Canfield (Canfield family) — Compact reserve patience with wrap-around foundations.
• La Belle Lucie (Fans (La Belle Lucie)) — Eighteen fans, strict suit-down building.

Learn

• Last Chance advice in the Strategy Solitaire guide
• How Waste-pile builders games work
• Terms: Reserve · Empty column · No tableau building · Stock · Waste
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