Meet Simple Simon
Here are the details for this mode. The goal is four complete same-suit King-to-Ace sequences. Simple Simon on czhylk.com uses a single 52-card deck with four suits. All cards are face up from the beginning. There are ten tableau columns and no stock pile.
Read the opening pattern
Here are the details for this mode. The remaining columns contain seven, six, five, four, three, two and one cards. All 52 cards are placed in the tableau at the start. The first three opening columns contain eight cards each. No hidden cards remain to be turned over later.
Find a receiving card
Single-card placement does not require matching suits. An Ace is the lowest rank and cannot receive another card. A King needs an empty column because no higher rank exists. An exposed card can land on a card exactly one rank higher.
Move matching groups
Keep these points in mind. A visible card can remain blocked by cards beneath it. Being face up does not make every multi-card group movable. A shorter same-suit segment at the bottom may offer a legal move. A group moves together only when its selected cards descend in the same suit.
Manage suit changes
Here are the details for this mode. Open columns can provide space for rearranging suit segments. Planning where each segment can land helps avoid blocking a useful card. A mixed-suit descending build can serve as a temporary arrangement. A mixed build must be separated into legal groups before those groups can move.
Use an empty column
A few details help explain this feature. An empty column accepts any exposed card or legal same-suit group. You do not have to reserve empty columns for Kings. Spare columns can help you reconnect separated parts of one suit. A King-led group cannot land on a nonempty column.
There is no stock
A few details help explain this feature. A difficult position cannot receive another row of cards. All possible future arrangements depend on the cards already in the tableau. Simple Simon has no stock-deal action. Undo and Replay provide ways to investigate a different sequence of decisions.
Complete the suits
The following details apply here. Collecting four runs clears all 52 cards. Each collected run must contain one suit in order from King down to Ace. A descending sequence with a suit change does not count as complete. A full qualifying run is removed automatically at the bottom of a column.
Use the controls carefully
A few details help explain this feature. New game deals a fresh face-up arrangement. Replay returns to the same opening arrangement. Random Simple Simon games are not claimed to be guaranteed solvable. Hint suggests a currently legal move rather than a complete solution.
Keep your progress
A few details help explain this feature. My Statistics lists Simple Simon starts, wins and best completed results. Use Privacy & Cookie Settings to manage or clear the local records. With saving enabled, Simple Simon stores its current game in this browser. Its saved position is separate from Spider and the other variants.