✨ How to Play Magic Solitaire ✨
🎮 Overview
Magic Solitaire is a classic Klondike Solitaire game with a magical twist! 🪄 Your goal is to move all cards to the four foundation piles, sorted by suit (♣, ♦, ♥, ♠) in ascending order (Ace to King), while earning MAGIC points based on your moves. Play using drag-and-drop or tap/click mechanics, optimized for both mobile and desktop devices.
🃏 How to Play
- Start the Game: Enter your Webauth name (up to 12 characters) and click "Start Game" or press Enter. 🎉
- Game Layout:
Stock: Top-left pile of face-down cards. Tap or click to draw three cards to the waste pile. If empty, tap to reset waste cards to stock. 🔄
Waste: Cards drawn from stock, shown face-up (up to three visible). Use these cards for moves. 🃏
Foundations: Four top-right piles (Clubs ♣, Diamonds ♦, Hearts ♥, Spades ♠). Build from Ace to King by suit. 🏆
Tableau: Seven columns below, with increasing face-down cards (1 to 7) and one face-up card each. Build in descending order, alternating colors. 📚
- Moving Cards:
- Mobile: Tap a card
to move it to the most efficient legal position (foundation preferred for single cards, tableau for sequences). Drag cards to a specific tableau or foundation pile. 📱
- Desktop: Tap or click a card to move it to the best legal position. Drag cards to place them manually. 💻
- Move single cards or sequences (e.g., 5♥ on 6♣) to tableaus or foundations. Reveal face-down tableau cards by moving cards above them. ✨
- Controls:
- New Game: Start a fresh game. 🆕
- Undo: Revert the last move (-20 MAGIC). ⏪
- Hint: Highlight a possible move (-30 MAGIC). 💡
- Mute: Toggle sound effects and music. 🔇
📜 Game Rules
- Build foundation piles by suit in ascending order (A♣ to K♣, A♦ to K♦, etc.). 🏰
- Build tableau piles in descending order, alternating colors (e.g., red 6♥ on black 7♣). 🔴⚫
- Only Kings can be placed on empty tableau piles. 👑
- Move single cards to foundations or tableaus, or drag/tap sequences to tableaus. 🚚
- Draw three cards from the stock to the waste; only visible waste cards can be played. 🎴
- Win by completing all foundation piles (52 cards total). 🎉
⭐ Scoring System (MAGIC Points)
Earn MAGIC points to show your skill! 🌟 Points cannot go below 0.
- Move to Foundation: +100 per card (e.g., 2♥ to A♥). 🏆
- Waste to Tableau: +50 per card (e.g., 3♣ from waste to 4♦). 🚚
- Reveal Tableau Card: +50 per face-down card turned face-up. 🔍
- Foundation to Tableau: -100 per card (e.g., 3♦ back to 4♣). ⏪
- Undo Move: -20 per undo. ⚠️
- Use Hint: -30 per hint. 💡
- Time Penalty: -1 per second during active play. ⏰
- Win Bonus: +1000 for completing the game. 🎊
- Speed Bonus: +4000 if completed in under 5 minutes. ⚡
Maximize your score by moving cards to foundations quickly, revealing tableau cards, and minimizing undos and hints! 🔔