About Falling StarbyScreen shot of the game Falling Star from.Falling Star is a two deck Terrace type game. How to PlayThere are eight foundation piles. These are to be built up by alternate color, wrapping from King to Ace as necessary, until each pile contains 13 cards.The game is won when all of the cards are moved here.There are eight tableau piles. Building is down by alternate color. Only the top card of each pile may be moved. Spaces may be filled only from thewaste pile.

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At the start of the game 1 card is dealt face up to each pile.There is a single reserve pile, the top card is available for play on the foundations only (this kind of reserve pile is standard in Terrace type games).At the start of the game 11 cards are dealt to this pile.The remainder of the deck forms a stock. It is turned over one card at a time by clicking. There are no redeals.As with most Terrace type games, the key to winning is to get the cards out of the reserve and up to the foundations.An average player wins Falling Star about 17% of the time.Variations of Falling Star.

Falling Star SolitaireA game of Falling Star - Clickthe picture to enlarge. Family: Queen of Italy. Deck: Two 52-card decks. Redeals: No. Game time: Long.

Difficulty level: Hard. Skill level: Mostly chance. Chance of winning: Low - about 1 in 10 gamesRules. Object of the game: Move all the cards to the foundationsby building up in alternating colors from Ace to King.Setup. Shuffle the decks and deal 11 cards to the top of the tableauas a reserve.

These are called 'Stars', which have to 'fall'to win the game. Take another card from the deck. This will be the base cardfor the foundations. Deal eight more cards, forming eight piles. These are the tableaupiles, which you build down in alternating colors, moving only onecard at a time.Game Procedure.

The ranking of cards is continuous both on the tableau and thefoundations. Move any available cards from the tableau to the foundations.Any empty spaces created on the tableau are filled immediately withthe first card of the waste pile or the deck.

Free Falling Stars Game

When there are no more possible moves, deal cards, one at atime, from the deck to the waste pile, playing them to the foundationsor the tableau. Play cards from the reserve to the foundations as soon as amove is available. These cards cannot be played to the tableau. No redeals are permitted.