Freecell will close and your loss will not be recorded.Ĭlick "Select Game" from the Game menu. When an End Program window pops up, click End Now. If FreeCell asks if you want to quit the current game, click No. Then from the Task Manager's Applications tab, choose to end the FreeCell process. If you cannot win a game and you want to avoid the loss, press ctrl-alt-delete. Move any card and you will be given an instant win. It will ask if you wish to Abort, Retry, Ignore. To win instantly, press Ctrl-Shift-F10 while in a game. To see what suit a covered card is, right click on it. You can also use it to help you see what the playing field would look like an extra move ahead and then be able to reverse it.ġ0. It can save you from losing a game by reversing a mistake. Don't forget to use the undo button (F10). Be very careful choosing the next moves you make.ĩ. When you have only two freecells or less left then you are in extreme danger. Don't give up unless you are certain there are no more possible moves.Ĩ. The pointer will turn to a downward arrow showing anywhere you can place the card legally. One thing I sometimes try is selecting a card then moving the pointer over other cards. The new perspective often helps to see things you couldn't see before. It might help to get up and go away and then come back. Take your time and don't give into impatience and make a reckless move. Often you might have to wait 5 or 10 minutes sitting there looking for the move to bail you out of trouble. You may later wish you still had that card in the playing field to stack another card on top of.Įg if you have two red 3's in the playing field and you move a black 4 up to the foundation, this could cause a problem later since you only have one black 4 to stack the two red 3's on.ħ. Often moving a card up to a foundation to get it out of the way can get you out of tricky spots and even be the difference between wining and losing a game, but remember that once a card is moved up to the foundation it cannot be brought back down so do it with caution. Be careful about manually moving cards up to foundations. Of course do not go sacrificing your freecells carelessly just to move aces up though.Ħ. The less cards left in the playing field the easier the game will be. Try to get aces moved up to the foundations early to ease the pressure. Of course this is not an exact rule - sometimes I will trade two freecells to get an empty column, sometimes not.
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So if you have a single card in a column you are better off to move it up to a frecell.Īs a general measure I usually think of a free column being about as good as two freecells. A free colum is better than a freecell because it can hold many cards in order, and it gives more room for transferring cards than a single freecell does. This will take a lot of pressure off you and be a key to winning. An early goal should be freeing up a column. So in other words only make moves that improve your position - always plan it out fully in your mind, envisioning it step by step, and then only make that move if you evaluate that it leaves you better off than before.Ĥ. Usually you shouldn't move a card to a freecell without a plan to move it back down, or unless moving a card up to the freecell allows you to move another card down from the freecell. After these simple moves then move onto the more complex ones which require you to calculate several positions ahead.ģ. In other words don't start off wasting your freecells. Your first moves should be all the small moves which don't require moving cards to a freecell or moves that may require a card being moved to a freecell but you can immediately see how it may be moved back down. Also identify problem cards, eg aces or low numbered cards buried deep under many cards, two cards of the same colour and number buried deep in the same column, etc.Ģ. At the start of the game, look over the cards identifying where the aces are and other key cards. How to Beat Freecell, Freecell Solutions, Hints, Tips and Strategiesġ.