Montana Solitaire

Montana is a patience puzzle with no foundation piles. All 52 cards are laid out in four rows of thirteen, and four spaces sit where the deck cards were removed. The goal is to order each row so it runs 2, 3, 4, all the way to King in a single suit. You can only fill an empty space with a card whose left neighbour is the same suit and one rank lower, which turns every move into a link in a chain. One careless placement can strand a card, so check where a move leads before you take it.

• Lay out four rows of thirteen cards
• Fill an empty space with a card whose left neighbour is the same suit and one rank lower
• Each row should end up running 2 to King in a single suit
• Work along a run as spaces open up in front of it
• Order all four rows to solve the puzzle

Click the card you want to move, then click the empty space it should fill.

• Plan the next two moves before you fill a space
• Keep the 2s ready to start a row
• Avoid leaving a card with no matching left neighbour
• When two options exist, take the one that opens more chains

• Four rows of thirteen cards
• Place only next to the same suit, one rank lower
• Four empty spaces to work with
• Pure planning, no drawing from a stock