Forty Thieves

How to play Forty Thieves

Stock

Waste

Eight foundations

Ten columns of four, all face up

Forty Thieves uses two decks, 104 cards. Forty are dealt face up in ten columns of four; the other 64 are the stock. Build all eight foundations from Ace to King, two for each suit, to win.

• In the columns, build down in the same suit: the 6 of hearts on the 7 of hearts.
• The rules move one card at a time. With empty columns, the game moves a run in one suit for you, one card at a time through them.
• Any card can go into an empty column.
• Tap the stock to turn a card onto the waste. The top waste card can go to a column or a foundation. The stock goes through once.
• Empty columns are precious: try not to fill one without a plan.
• To move a card, tap it, then tap where it goes. You can drag instead. Double-tap a card to send it to a foundation. Cards that are safe to send home go there by themselves.

Undo has no limit, and it can take back a card turned from the stock too.

Tips

• Empty columns are your most useful tool: each one doubles how many cards you can move at once.
• Try not to bury a low card of a suit under higher cards of another suit; you'll need it early.
• Look through the stock only when the columns have nothing useful left: it goes through once.

Keyboard

Arrow keys move between cards and places. Enter or Space selects a card and places it. D turns a card from the stock, H shows a hint, Escape cancels a selection, and Ctrl+Z undoes a move.