The deal
The four Aces start on foundations. The other 48 cards are dealt to twelve columns in four rows: down, up, down, up.
Forty Thieves & two-deck builders · Grand Plaza
Martha Solitaire
The four Aces start on foundations. The other 48 cards are dealt to twelve columns in four rows: down, up, down, up.
Seed189882
Moves0
Timer00:00
Stock0
Statusin progress
Streak0
Select a face-up card, then a highlighted destination.
♣ 1
♦ 1
♥ 1
♠ 1
Column 1 · 4
Column 2 · 4
Column 3 · 4
Column 4 · 4
Column 5 · 4
Column 6 · 4
Column 7 · 4
Column 8 · 4
Column 9 · 4
Column 10 · 4
Column 11 · 4
Column 12 · 4
Playing the tableau
Build downward in alternating colors and move correctly packed groups. An empty column accepts a single card only. Exposed face-down cards turn over automatically.
Goal and first plan
Complete four suit foundations from Ace through King.
Uncover the third-row hidden cards by moving exposed runs. Each reveal increases your options in an otherwise stockless game.
Related games
Martha is part of Grand Plaza · Forty Thieves & two-deck builders and is a variant of Napoleon at St Helena. Aces start on the foundations, and only a single card may fill an empty column.
More Forty Thieves & two-deck builders games
- Napoleon at St Helena — Ten tableau columns, two decks.
- Canister — A one-deck eight-column builder with four cards in the middle row.
- Colonel — A three-row tableau exposes cards only after the cell beneath is cleared.
- Deauville — Thirty hidden tableau cards give way to alternating-color building.
- Diplomat — Two-deck patience with eight tableau piles.
- Dress Parade — Hidden-card alternating-color columns allow packed sequence moves.
Also try
- Beleaguered Castle — Eight columns flanking four aces.
- Calculation — Race four foundations built by fixed increments.
- Canfield — Compact reserve patience with wrap-around foundations.