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