Shamrocks strategy
Shamrocks starts eighteen face-up fans. Only top cards move. A top card may land on a fan top one rank above or below it, regardless of suit, but a fan can hold at most three cards. Empty fans cannot be refilled and there are no redeals. Foundations still build upward by suit from Ace.
Last updated: September 2026
Compare two legal rank directions
A Seven can land on an exposed Six or Eight of any suit, provided that receiving fan has fewer than three cards. Choose the destination by the card it covers and by the free capacity left in that fan. The source fan reveals its next card, but a receiver reaching three cards cannot accept another tableau card until its top moves away.
A short position
Constructed position: Seven of Hearts is exposed. An Eight of Spades heads a two-card fan; a Six of Clubs heads a full three-card fan. Moving the Seven onto the Eight is legal and fills that fan. Moving it onto the Six is blocked by the capacity limit, even though the ranks are adjacent.
Keep foundation routes visible
The extra bidirectional tableau moves help uncover buried cards, but they can also cover the next foundation card. Before filling a two-card fan, check whether its top can advance a foundation soon. The La Belle Lucie guide explains top-card access; Shamrocks differs in placement and capacity.