Secret #Strategy for most #SolitaireGames I Play @FacebookApp

'That word' (below-hyperlinked to an invitation to 'the version I'm currently playing' (Solitaire 2020)) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...

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The word “Strategy” #Strategic #Strategies #Strategist #Strategics #Strategize #Strategized #Strategizes #Strategizing# (Art of an Army's General) is built on ancient words that mean "to Lead (or Drive, |Draw out, Move) the Multitude, Expedition or Army |Encamped (which is |Spread out in-position)."

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There are several Solitaire-games attached to Facebook—yes, played 'by oneself' as the root of the word "Solitaire" implies; but played 'alongside others' so as to introduce some "fellowship" among 'Solitarians.'

You know the rules of Solitaire (mostly based on the "Klondike"-version of the game ... some history we might dig into later): the deck is shuffled, many of the cards are laid out on the board, the rest are left in a pile you deal-from, and you manipulate the cards according to 'certain rules' in order to gather the cards in a certain order.

Using that Solitaire-version's rules, you deal cards from the pile (usually one-at-a-time, sometimes three-at-a-time) and play them into the cards-lain-out in order to manipulate them.

The many Solitaire-versions vary in many ways, but my usual strategy involves a way many of them are the same—they usually have 'an auto-aces function' (usually symbolized by a graphic of 'an old-time magnet') that automatically pulls "the next cards" into the ace-piles when you deal them or -otherwise uncover them on the board.

At the beginning of every hand of Solitaire, I deal-through all the deal-pile cards immediately ... not playing any of them into the cards-lain-out, but letting the auto-aces pull all the 'next cards' into the ace-piles before I can "tie them up" into the cards-lain-out.

I know it doesn't quite make sense–it might be better to start manipulating the cards-lain-out to dig out more of the ace-cards that are buried there–but 'my excuse' is that I'm just not-that-quick at rearranging the cards-lain-out (not as quick as I am at 'dealing the cards, letting auto-aces pick up each one that it can'), and you get 2 points for each ace-pile card you play before your opponent(s).

Some of the Solitaire-games have you play against one-opponent-at-a-time, some have you play against three opponents (eliminating the lowest-scoring player in each hand & playing again until all are eliminated except the winner).

In case of a tie score; some Solitaire-games give the win to the player that quit--"finishes" first, others let the two tied players play a new hand to break the tie.

The one I'm playing now (hyperlinked above) also lets you join a team & lets you contribute your scored points to your team's total. One lets you use your points to buy decorations for a small park or a front-yard drawn next to the game's display. Something to exercise your brain as you pass the time.

(Forgive me if there are Solitaire-terms I didn't use: like "whatever you call 'the cards

-lain-out' or 'the ace-piles' or whatever.)