Clock Solitaire. Pack of cards (without the Joker) Directions. Shuffle the cards and then deal out twelve cards face down in a circle like a clock. Place one card in the center. Deal another twelve cards on top of the first ones and place the next card in the center. Deal another twelve cards, but keep the spare card. Clock Solitaire Rules. Clock Solitaire is one of the simplest types of Solitaire there is. The cards are divided among 13 piles, which are then arranged as if they were the numbers of the clock.

Clock Solitaire Rules

Clock Solitaire is modern and one of the most famous variants of the classic Solitaire card game with cards laid out to form the face of a clock. It is often known by different names, including, but not limited to Clock Patience, Hidden Cards, Travelers, Sun Dial, and Four of a Kind. Solitaire is probably the most popular card game for one, but if you're looking to spice things up, you might want to try Clock Solitaire. This variation on the old classic is set up to look like a clock face, which is where the name comes from. While it is rare to win Clock Solitaire, the game is still loads of fun.

Clock Solitaire is one of the simplest types of Solitaire there is.

The cards are divided among 13 piles, which are then arranged as if they were the numbers of the clock, with the thirteenth pile, the King pile, in the middle.

The objective is to place a card into its corresponding clock number position, e.g. the card 3 goes into the 3 o'clock pile, Ace into the 1 o'clock pile, Jack into the 11 o'clock pile, Queen into 12, and King into the center pile.

When all of the cards are face up and in their correct clock number pile then you've won the game, but if all four Kings are facing up before all of the other cards are in their correct pile you've lost.

Still, don't feel bad if you don't win, the odds of winning Clock Solitaire are 1/13, or 7.6%, making it even harder to win than Scorpion Solitaire, which used to be our hardest game!

About Clock Solitaire

Clock Solitaire is the 11th solitaire game we make here at CardGames.io, and the first one by our newest employee, Atli. It's an extremely simple game, but still, there's something weirdly compelling about moving the cards around the circle and seeing if you get lucky!

If you have any questions, comments or requests for other solitaire games you can send them to admin@cardgames.io or tweet at us @cardgames_io.

Many thanks go to Nicu Buculei, who created the excellent playing card images that we use for the game.

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How To Play Clock Solitaire

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