The program takes care of a great deal of housekeeping for you. When you move a sequence of cards, the number of vacant free cells and cleared columns determines how many cards you can move. See Part 1 . Order the cards in a sequence as you would in many other solitaires from high to low, alternating colors. You place a black seven on a red eight, not on a black eight or a red six.
Cards go into the home cells from low to high, starting with the aces.
Four home cells accommodate each of the four suits. The critical constraint during any game is rule number two. All of the strategy and tactics in FreeCell enable the you to put the cards in order under this limitation. The system for recording moves in FreeCell is simple. Each free cell has a letter, a through d .