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Forty Thieves & two-deck builders · Grand Plaza

Red and Black Solitaire

Build eight foundations from Ace to King, alternating red and black. Plan each empty column around its automatic replacement.

Decks
2
Pace
Long
Difficulty
Medium
Family
Forty Thieves & two-deck builders

Build foundations up and tableau down, alternating colors. Empty columns refill automatically.

Stock

88

Waste

0

One pass through the stock. Refill empty columns from waste first, then stock.

Build 1

1/13

Build 2

1/13

Build 3

1/13

Build 4

1/13

Build 5

1/13

Build 6

1/13

Build 7

1/13

Build 8

1/13

Column 1 · 1

Column 2 · 1

Column 3 · 1

Column 4 · 1

Column 5 · 1

Column 6 · 1

Column 7 · 1

Column 8 · 1

Plan the next refill

Emptying a column can rescue the top waste card without needing a matching tableau destination. Check that card before clearing a singleton: it becomes the new base of the column.

Read the Red and Black strategy guide

Alternating foundations

The next rank must be the opposite color from the foundation top. For example, a red Three can follow a black Two on any foundation that needs it. Several foundations may accept the same card; choose a highlighted destination.

Card controls

Select a top card, then click a highlighted destination, or drag it there. Double-click moves a card only when exactly one legal destination exists. Tab, Enter, and Space offer the same choices by keyboard.

Undo reverses the move and any automatic refill together. Restart keeps the seed; a URL such as ?seed=123 reproduces the deal.

Red and Black is part of Grand Plaza · Forty Thieves & two-deck builders.

More Forty Thieves & two-deck builders games

  • Napoleon at St Helena — Ten tableau columns, two decks.
  • Canister — A one-deck eight-column builder with four cards in the middle row.
  • Colonel — A three-row tableau exposes cards only after the cell beneath is cleared.
  • Deauville — Thirty hidden tableau cards give way to alternating-color building.
  • Diplomat — Two-deck patience with eight tableau piles.
  • Dress Parade — Hidden-card alternating-color columns allow packed sequence moves.

Also try

  • Intrigue (Court games) — Eight Queen columns; eight Five-piles built down to the King and eight Six-piles built up to the Jack, regardless of suit.
  • Milligan Cell (Miss Milligan & row dealers) — Four free cells add temporary storage to Miss Milligan’s eight columns.
  • Royal Cotillion (Reserve builders) — A 4-column Ladies’ tableau that never refills, a 16-cell Lords’ grid that refills from waste only, and zero redeals.

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