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Forty Thieves

YOUR NEXT LITTLE OBSESSION

Forty cards out, sixty-four to come, one pass. Leave as few as you can.

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A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION

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Best fewest cards left, shared by players. Lower is better. Equal scores are ranked by fastest clear time.

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A LITTLE ABOUT THE GAME

Forty cards out, sixty-four to come, one pass. Leave as few as you can.

Forty Thieves deals forty cards face up into ten columns and keeps the other sixty-four in the stock. Build eight foundations from ace to king, each in one suit, and stack the columns down by suit. You move one card at a time; a suited run moves together only if it could go card by card through your empty columns, and any card can fill an empty column. The stock deals one card at a time, once through, and undo can't take a deal back, so plan before you turn a card. Every deal here has been won by a solver from the start, but most games end with cards left, and that's your score: fewer is better, with a faster time breaking ties. Once the stock is empty you can end the game whenever you like.

Classic Forty Thieves rulesTwo decks, ten columns, eight foundationsEvery deal can be wonScored by the cards you leaveSafe cards fly homePlayable by keyboard

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How to play

Click / drag
Send a card to its best spot, or drag it (or a suited run) to a pile
D, tap the stock
Deal the next card
U / Ctrl+Z
Undo, back to your last deal
H
Hint (the deal becomes practice)
E
End the game once the stock is empty
F
Finish once every column runs down in order
Tab, arrows, Enter
Play entirely by keyboard

Tap a card to send it to its best spot, or drag it onto the pile you want. Tap the stock to deal. Undo, hints and a new deal are in the top bar.

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