Solitaire Tip 1: Building Under

August 3, 2016   by:   Laura A. Ockel

There are simple solitaire strategies that can be used in many different games to really improve your play! This first one, which I call “building under”, can be applied to any solitaire game where empty tableau piles can be filled with any card, and ordered stacks can be moved.

Here is an example from one of our newest games, Topsy Turvy Queens Solitaire.

In this case, I want to reach the 9♠. Even if I move the Q-J-10 of spades to one open column and the 6♦ to the other open column, I still won’t reach the 9!

However, I can use cards from the deck to build under the 3 like this.

Once I have a 5-4-3 of diamonds, I’ll be able to move it on top of the 6♦, and that will leave one more column free!

Now I’ll be able to reach the 9♠.

And then move more cards to the foundations!

Again, this game is Topsy Turvy Queens, available in our Solitaire Free Pack or Solitaire MegaPack.  If you’d like to learn more strategy tips for Topsy Turvy Queens solitaire, check out this strategy article, or you can play this exact same hand of Topsy Turvy Queens by clicking THIS LINK.

Here are some other games where you can make use of the “building under” solitaire strategy.

Alternations Medium
Alternations Easy
Josephine
Blind Alleys
Plait

These games all allow you to move ordered stacks AND you can put any card or stack in an empty column.  If you like Topsy Turvy Queens, you might like them too!

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Links:

Topsy Turvy Queens Solitaire Instructions