A guide to your next move.
All the cards are visible
The following details apply here. The goal is four complete same-suit King-to-Ace sequences. All cards are face up from the beginning. Simple Simon on xyuchain.com uses a single 52-card deck with four suits. There are ten tableau columns and no stock pile.
A wide starting tableau
A few details help explain this feature. The remaining columns contain seven, six, five, four, three, two and one cards. The first three opening columns contain eight cards each. All 52 cards are placed in the tableau at the start. No hidden cards remain to be turned over later.
Find a receiving card
Keep these points in mind. A King needs an empty column because no higher rank exists. Single-card placement does not require matching suits. An Ace is the lowest rank and cannot receive another card. An exposed card can land on a card exactly one rank higher.
Move matching groups
A few details help explain this feature. A shorter same-suit segment at the bottom may offer a legal move. A visible card can remain blocked by cards beneath it. A group moves together only when its selected cards descend in the same suit. Being face up does not make every multi-card group movable.
Separate temporary builds
Here are the details for this mode. A mixed build must be separated into legal groups before those groups can move. A mixed-suit descending build can serve as a temporary arrangement. Planning where each segment can land helps avoid blocking a useful card. Open columns can provide space for rearranging suit segments.
Use an empty column
Keep these points in mind. A King-led group cannot land on a nonempty column. An empty column accepts any exposed card or legal same-suit group. You do not have to reserve empty columns for Kings. Spare columns can help you reconnect separated parts of one suit.
Work with the visible cards
The following details apply here. Simple Simon has no stock-deal action. A difficult position cannot receive another row of cards. Undo and Replay provide ways to investigate a different sequence of decisions. All possible future arrangements depend on the cards already in the tableau.
Four runs finish the game
Keep these points in mind. Collecting four runs clears all 52 cards. A full qualifying run is removed automatically at the bottom of a column. Each collected run must contain one suit in order from King down to Ace. A descending sequence with a suit change does not count as complete.
Use the controls carefully
A few details help explain this feature. New game deals a fresh face-up arrangement. Hint suggests a currently legal move rather than a complete solution. Random Simple Simon games are not claimed to be guaranteed solvable. Replay returns to the same opening arrangement.
A separate saved game
The following details apply here. Use Privacy & Cookie Settings to manage or clear the local records. With saving enabled, Simple Simon stores its current game in this browser. My Statistics lists Simple Simon starts, wins and best completed results. Its saved position is separate from Spider and the other variants.