A guide to your next move.
All the cards are visible
Keep these points in mind. The goal is four complete same-suit King-to-Ace sequences. Simple Simon on lbxsyyl.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.
A wide starting tableau
Here are the details for this mode. All 52 cards are placed in the tableau at the start. The remaining columns contain seven, six, five, four, three, two and one cards. The first three opening columns contain eight cards each. No hidden cards remain to be turned over later.
Build down by rank
Keep these points in mind. An Ace is the lowest rank and cannot receive another card. An exposed card can land on a card exactly one rank higher. A King needs an empty column because no higher rank exists. Single-card placement does not require matching suits.
Keep a descending suit sequence
Keep these points in mind. A shorter same-suit segment at the bottom may offer a legal move. A visible card can remain blocked by cards beneath it. 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.
Separate temporary builds
Keep these points in mind. Planning where each segment can land helps avoid blocking a useful card. Open columns can provide space for rearranging suit segments. 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.
Create room to rearrange
A few details help explain this feature. 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. Spare columns can help you reconnect separated parts of one suit.
There is no stock
Here are the details for this mode. All possible future arrangements depend on the cards already in the tableau. A difficult position cannot receive another row of cards. Simple Simon has no stock-deal action. Undo and Replay provide ways to investigate a different sequence of decisions.
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
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.
A separate saved game
Keep these points in mind. Use Privacy & Cookie Settings to manage or clear the local records. My Statistics lists Simple Simon starts, wins and best completed results. With saving enabled, Simple Simon stores its current game in this browser. Its saved position is separate from Spider and the other variants.