Play Mount Olympus Solitaire Online for Free (No Signup Required)
Build foundations by twos from Aces and Twos, drop by twos down nine tableau piles, in a simple game with a 97% win rate.
Mount Olympus Solitaire splits the foundations into two families: eight piles that build up from Ace by twos, and eight that build up from Two by twos. The nine tableau piles build down by two in the same suit, and clicking the stock deals a fresh card onto every pile at once.
When the game is won, the tableau ends up dealt in the shape of Mount Olympus, with Kings and Queens on top. The game is quite simple, with a 97% chance of winning. Two decks worth of cards flow through those nine piles, and getting them into place takes both skill and luck.
Mount Olympus belongs to the same odds-and-evens family as Odd and Even Solitaire and Even and Odd Solitaire.
Original Solitaire is the simpler game underneath all this doubling and odds-and-evens sorting.
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How to play Mount Olympus Solitaire
Layout:
Odds foundations: Start with Aces and work your way up in suit by twos. The Aces are dealt on these piles at the start of the game.
Evens foundations: Start with Twos and work your way up in suit by twos. The Twos are dealt on these piles at the start of the game.
9 tableau piles: The top card can be played on the foundations. Build the suit in twos. Cards in sequence down in suit by twos may be moved as a group. Spaces are filled from the stock; if the stock is empty, any card may occupy the spot. At the start of the game, each pile is dealt one card face-up.
Stock: Click to deal one card to each tableau pile.
Foundation:
Foundation piles are classified into two types.
Odds Foundation:
The odds foundation has eight piles, and each pile is given an Ace at the start. A card can be added to an odds foundation pile only if it's two ranks higher and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that fits on a 7 of diamonds is a 9 of diamonds. There can be no more than 7 cards in a pile.
Evens Foundation:
The evens foundation has eight piles, and each pile is given a Two at the start. A card can be added to an evens foundation pile only if it's two ranks higher and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that fits on a 4 of diamonds is a 6 of diamonds. No pile may have more than six cards.
Cards cannot be removed from any foundation once they have been placed on it.
Tableau:
Nine tableau piles of one card each, dealt in a row. Every card is dealt face-up.
A card can be added to a tableau pile only if it's two ranks lower and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that fits on a Q of clubs is a 10 of clubs.
Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card are free to be played onto the foundation or any other tableau pile.
Empty tableau spots are immediately filled with a card from the stock. If the stock is empty, any card may be used to fill the tableau's empty places.
Cards of the same suit running high to low by two can be moved together as a group from one tableau column to another.
Stock:
The stock is made up of leftover cards.
When you click on the stock, a card is dealt to the top of each tableau pile.
