All Forty Thieves Solitaire Games
Forty Thieves Solitaire games challenge you to organize large tableaux and build foundations, often using two decks. Explore variations in building rules, allowed moves, and deck sizes.
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 | Alexandria | Forty Thieves | A three-deck version of Thievesofegypt invented by Thomas Warfield. |
 | Ali Baba | Forty Thieves | A one-deck variation of Fortyandeight where you can move sequences of cards together instead of just one at a time. With 40 cards in the tableau, you only have 12 cards in your deck which makes for a lot of unsolvable games. But with a bit of luck you can open an empty space in your tableau and then things are likely to go smoothly. |
 | Big Forty | Forty Thieves | A one-deck variant of Forty-thieves that allows stack moves. |
 | Breakwater | Forty Thieves | An easier variant of Interchange, in which we build regardless of suit. |
 | Cassim | Forty Thieves | A version of Alibaba with a smaller tableau and an infinity of redeals. In "One Thousand and One Nights", Cassim was Ali Baba's brother and the leader of the Forty-thieves. |
 | Cleopatra | Forty Thieves | Thomas Warfield's variant of Forty-thieves with a pyramid-shaped tableau. |
 | Congress | Forty Thieves | This has similarities to Fortyandeight, but spaces in the tableau may only be filled from the waste. This gives the game a very different feel. |
 | Corner Suite | Forty Thieves | This rather easy game resembles a one deck version of Congress, except that the tableau starts empty. |
 | Corona | Forty Thieves | A game similar to Fortyandeight where spaces are autofilled from the waste and stock. The best way to win seems to be to get lucky. |
 | Dieppe | Forty Thieves | A variation on Congress where stacks may be moved, blanks can be filled by any card, and three rows of cards are dealt initially. Almost every game seems winnable without any great difficulty. |
 | Diplomat | Forty Thieves | A variation on Congress or Fortyandeight. |
 | Double Limited | Forty Thieves | A four-deck version of Limited. A large screen will be needed. |
 | Double Rail | Forty Thieves | A Forty-thieves variation where we build regardless of suit and can move stacks. |
 | Eclipse | Forty Thieves | A variant of Waningmoon, where sequence moves are allowed and cards are dealt to the tableau instead of to a waste pile. |
 | Eighty Thieves | Forty Thieves | A very difficult four-deck version of Forty-thieves by Thomas Warfield. Needs a large screen. |
 | Elba | Forty Thieves | A variant of Forty-thieves with Klondike-turn-3-like building rules. |
 | Emperor | Forty Thieves | A more difficult version of Rankandfile where only single cards can be moved.. |
 | Famous Fifty | Forty Thieves | A difficult Forty-thieves variation which starts with one extra card on each tableau pile. |
 | Forty and Eight | Forty Thieves | Two decks, forty cards in the tableau, eight foundation piles, building down in the same suit. You can only move single cards. Often it feels like nothing is happening for a long time, and then the game works out after all. A good game for making you feel smart. |
 | Forty Bandits | Forty Thieves | An easier variant of Forty-thieves where sequences may be moved. |
 | Forty Thieves | Forty Thieves | Similar to Fortyandeight, but the tableau has forty cards in ten stacks of four, and we only allow one pass through the deck. |
 | Forty Thieves (3 deck) | Forty Thieves | A three deck version of Forty-thieves with a 12 by 4 tableau. |
 | Forty Thieves (4 deck) | Forty Thieves | A four deck version of Forty-thieves with a 14 by 6 tableau. You will need a large screen to play this game. |
 | Forty-Nine | Forty Thieves | This Fortyandeight variation has forty-nine cards in a seven by seven tableau. You build down regardless of suit, moving cards one at a time. |
 | Indian | Forty Thieves | An easy game that is similar to Forty-thieves, except that the first card in each stack of the 10 by 3 tableau is face down, and cards can be played on any suit other than their own. |
 | Interchange | Forty Thieves | An extremely difficult Forty-thieves variant with alternate cards dealt face down. |
 | Josephine | Forty Thieves | Similar to Forty-thieves, except that you can move sequences. |
 | Junction | Forty Thieves | A variation of Singlerail or Doublerail for four piquet decks. |
 | Lady Palk | Forty Thieves | Similar to Diplomat, but allows stacks to be moved and spaces can only be filled by kings. |
 | Limited | Forty Thieves | Like Forty-thieves, but with a 12 by 3 tableau. |
 | Little Forty | Forty Thieves | Like Forty-thieves, but we build in regardless of color, can move sequences, and can make three passes through the deck, dealing three cards at a time. |
 | Little Napolean | Forty Thieves | A Forty-thieves variant that shows some Spider influences, because you can build regardless of suit, but only move same-suit sequences. |
 | Lower 48 | Forty Thieves | A variation of Fortyandeight where you build in alternate colors instead of in the same suit. |
 | Lucas | Forty Thieves | A Forty-thieves variant with thirteen tableau piles and aces starting on the foundation. |
 | Lucas Leaps | Forty Thieves | An easy Forty-thieves variant similar to Waningmoon except that sequences can be moved. |
 | Malmaison | Forty Thieves | A difficult four-deck version of Josephine, or, if you prefer, a version of Eightythieves which allows sequences to be moved. Invented by Thomas Warfield. |
 | Mamy Susan | Forty Thieves | A Forty-thieves variation from France with a five card reserve. |
 | Maria | Forty Thieves | Like Forty-thieves, but with a 9 by 4 tableau where you build in alternating colors. |
 | Marie Rose | Forty Thieves | A three-deck version of Josephine or a version of Sixtythieves which allows sequences to be moved. |
 | McClellan | Forty Thieves | A harder variation of Littlenapoleon where you need to build in suit. |
 | Midshipman | Forty Thieves | A slightly easier variation of Maria where we build by different suits instead of alternate colors and where some cards start out face down. |
 | Napoleon's Quadrilateral | Forty Thieves | This older, more difficult, version of Napoleonssquare does not allow stack moves, but moves a lot of cards to the foundation during the deal. |
 | Napoleon's Shoulder | Forty Thieves | A varient of Napoleonssquare where you build regardless of suit. |
 | Napoleon's Square | Forty Thieves | This French game, first described by Lady Adelaide Cadogen in the early 1900's, is an easy variant of Forty-thieves. |
 | Number Ten | Forty Thieves | Like Forty-thieves, but two cards in each tableau stack are dealt face down, we build in alternating colors, and can move stacks as a whole. |
 | Parliament | Forty Thieves | An easier version of Congress, where the aces start on the foundation. |
 | Quadrangle | Forty Thieves | A variation of Corona where the base card is determined by a card dealt into the foundation. |
 | Rank and File | Forty Thieves | Like Numberten, but three cards in each stack are dealt face down. |
 | Robie | Forty Thieves | Thomas Warfield's version of Forty-thieves in which the tableau starts empty. |
 | Roosevelt | Forty Thieves | A very hard Forty-thieves variant where we build by alternate colors on only seven tableau piles. |
 | Rueil | Forty Thieves | A version of Malmaison made easier by allowing a redeal. |
 | San Juan Hill | Forty Thieves | An easier variant of Forty-thieves in which aces are already on the foundation. |
 | Single Interchange | Forty Thieves | A difficult one-deck variant of Interchange invented by Thomas Warfield. |
 | Single Rail | Forty Thieves | A one-deck version of Doublerail. A good little game for small screens. |
 | Sixty Thieves | Forty Thieves | A difficult three-deck version of Forty-thieves by Thomas Warfield. |
 | Squadron | Forty Thieves | A much easier version of Forty-thieves with three cells. |
 | Streets | Forty Thieves | Just like Forty-thieves, except you build in alternate colors. |
 | Thieves of Egypt | Forty Thieves | A variant of Forty-thieves with a pyramid-shaped tableau. |
 | Thieves Rush | Forty Thieves | A Forty-thieves variant invented by Thomas Warfield where in each pass through the deck you deal in smaller chunks. |
 | Thirty Nine Steps | Forty Thieves | Waningmoon with fewer cards in the initial tableau. |
 | Three Pirates | Forty Thieves | A variation of Forty-thieves with three waste piles. |
 | Triple Interchange | Forty Thieves | A three-deck version of Interchange. |
 | Unlimited | Forty Thieves | An easier variant of Interchange, in which we are allowed unlimited redeals |
 | Waterloo | Forty Thieves | A Forty-thieves variant with Spider-like building rules. |
 | Waxing Moon | Forty Thieves | A very difficult Forty-thieves variant by Thomas Warfield. |
