Play Auld Lang Syne Solitaire Online for Free (No Signup Required)

No building, no auto-play, just four reserve piles and the luck of the deal: Auld Lang Syne's win rate sits at a brutal 0.1%.

Auld Lang Syne Solitaire is an old, bare-bones patience game: you can't build anything at all on the reserve piles. The only way to win is a lucky deal, since there's no room to maneuver out of a bad one, unlike in more skill-dependent relatives such as Sir Tommy Solitaire.

Auto-move to the foundations is switched off here, so you make every move yourself. The game is extremely difficult, with a 0.1% chance of winning. It's played with a single deck, and luck decides almost everything, not skill.

Acquaintance Solitaire (also called Acquaintance One), Leap Year Solitaire, Lady Betty, Tam O'Shanter, Quadrennial, Cup of Kindness, River Doon, Old Fashioned, and Reveillion are all close relatives.

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How to play Auld Lang Syne Solitaire

Layout:

4 foundation piles: Build up in any suit from Ace to King. The four Aces are dealt onto these piles at the start of the game.

4 reserve piles: Cards from the stock are dealt here. Each pile's top card is ready for play. Click a reserve card to send it to a foundation. Each pile starts with one card.

Stock: Click the stock to deal one card onto each reserve pile. There's only one pass through the stock; no redeals.

Foundation:

There are four foundation piles.

Each one is dealt an ace at the start of the game.

A card can be added to a foundation pile if it's one rank higher than the pile's current top card, regardless of suit. So the only card that can follow an 8 is a 9. Each pile can hold no more than 13 cards.

The top card of each foundation can be moved back into play if another pile will accept it.

Reserve:

There are four reserve piles of one card each. Every card is dealt face-up.

You can't place a card onto a reserve pile.

Cards on the reserve can be played to a foundation.

Empty reserve spots can't be refilled.

Only one card moves at a time; sequences are not permitted.

Stock:

The stock is made up of leftover cards.

When you click the stock, one card is dealt face-up onto each reserve pile.