Open Solitaire Games Explained

To begin with, among the overall Solitaire games, as well as solitaire free online, there are 3 kinds of Solitaire variants, Hidden, Half-Open, and Open (for all to see). If however, you want to play the game as a form of divination, having all the cards open may not be the effective way to do such a thing. Having all the cards open (or face-up), changes the mechanics of the game in a huge way. For starters, the fate of the game will not rely on the turn or flip of the cards like in the original Solitaire, “Klondike”, and others similar to it.

Open card or "Open Solitaire" are game variants designed for a more thinking game than one based on luck. One can already see all the cards, so it would really be a matter of strategy, information analysis, and puzzle solving skill that the player will have to rely on to win the game.

When the Cards Are Open

Open Solitaire in many ways is like a Jigsaw puzzle, all the pieces are there and one only has to assemble them. In the case of Solitaire, making sense off and organize the confusing and cluttered chaos. If the cards were Jigsaw pieces, you just go, "this goes here, and that goes there", and so on and so forth.

These games do not rely on a face-down hidden card stockpile. No need to draw the unknown lucky card as almost everything will rely on your decision making, and planning your moves in advance. With the proper skill in solving the game, a player is likely to achieve a 99% success rate. For a skilled Open Solitaire player who have played these game again and again, practice does really make things perfect.

A very good example (and also my favorite of all Solitaire variants) is FreeCell Solitaire. Not only is it "Open Solitaire", but the flexibility of arranging the cards in the game is one special feature that can be found on only a few Solitaire variants. With the cards face-up, the game relies more on thinking than guessing, and with experience, practically nothing in the game would be left to chance.

There is however (like almost all games) a learning curve, as in the case of FreeCell, you have to strategically move some cards into the 4 FreeCell slots at the top left, to get to the cards that you have to arrange from Ace to King at the 4 Suite Cells at the top right of the Tableau. In simple terms, you see the cards in the columns, you strategize like Chess, and you move them all in place like a Jigsaw Puzzle.

In Comparison With the Others

In comparison, "Closed Solitaire" like Klondike, rely on a lot of unknowns to drive the game forward. There will always be the factor of drawing-out a lucky or unlucky card, and this will either make or break the game. The challenge is a bit higher as one may have to deal with an unwanted card, or not being able to get to the cards that are needed to win, as they may be underneath cards that must be cleared first. Closed-card solitaire will have both luck and strategic thinking hounding and haunting the player.

In the case of "Half-Opened Solitaire" (like Tri Peaks and Spider Solitaire), some of the cards are face-up, while the majority are hidden. They will be eventually opened as the game progresses, but just like Closed Solitaire, the factors of strategy and luck will surely loom over the player.

In the long run, it really depends on the player’s preferences regarding which kind of Solitaire, or online solitaire games brings the most joy to the “Green Tableau” (table), as not everyone likes to play Solitaire with the cards and their eyes wide open. However, regardless of whatever “Solitaire” variant one would want to play, one thing is for sure, you’ll be playing it by yourself, and yourself alone.

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