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