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FreeCell variant

Baker's Game Solitaire

Open information, four free cells, almost no luck.

Baker's Game is the FreeCell predecessor. Same layout, but the tableau builds down by suit instead of alternating colour - significantly harder, and arguably more elegant.

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Medium 17% win rate
Baker's Game solitaire opening layout
Opening deal of Baker's Game - FreeCell family

How to play Baker's Game

Goal - Move all the cards to the Foundation

Decks

  • A standard deck (52 cards)

Redeals

  • No

Foundation

  • Built up by suit from Ace to King
  • The top card of each pile is available for move

Tableau

  • Built down by suit
  • The top card of each pile is available for move
  • Group of cards in the proper sequence can be moved so long as there are enough empty Cell+Tableau piles available
  • An empty pile can be filled with any card or correctly ranked pile

Cell

  • Can contain 1 card
  • The top card of each pile is available for move

Strategy & tips

  • Plan from the goal backward - find your aces and twos, then work out a path to liberate them.
  • Treat free cells as savings: every card you park is one less you can move.
  • Empty columns multiply your moving capacity - protect them.

Origin & history

Described in print by C.L. Baker, FreeCell's intellectual ancestor. Paul Alfille relaxed the suit constraint in Baker's Game to invent FreeCell.

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