Triple Spider Solitaire – Play Online for Free
If you enjoy Spider Solitaire but find the classic version too demanding, Triple Spider Solitaire offers a more forgiving alternative. It requires concentration and a good overview of the board, but with patience the game can be solved more often. Like all variants on this site, it is free to play.
Triple Spider Solitaire is played with three standard 52-card decks, totaling 156 cards. Experienced players can start directly with the 4-suit version using all four suits. Those who prefer to ease in can begin with 1 or 2 suits.
How the Game is Structured
The game begins with 12 columns on the tableau. Six columns contain five cards each; the remaining six contain four, giving 12 face-up cards and 42 face-down at the start. The remaining 102 cards form the stock. Twelve foundation spaces sit above the tableau and are filled as complete sequences are formed.
As in Spider Solitaire, the goal is to sort cards by suit from King down to Ace. Completed sequences are automatically moved to the foundation. During play, cards can be stacked in descending order regardless of suit, but only a complete same-suit sequence from King to Ace counts as finished. Any card or valid sequence can be placed in an empty column.
When no useful moves remain, click the stock to deal one new card to each of the twelve columns. No column may be empty when dealing from the stock. The game is won when all twelve foundation spaces hold complete suit sequences. If the stock is exhausted and no moves remain, start a new game.
How to Play Triple Spider Solitaire
Before starting, choose a suit mode (1, 2, or 4 suits), a difficulty level (Easy, Normal, or Hard), and optionally activate a time limit. At the start, twelve cascaded columns are dealt with twelve face-up cards. Cards can be dragged to a new position, or clicked to find an available destination automatically.
The game menu is available at any time:
- Restart the current game, or start a New Game.
- Change the difficulty level.
- Undo or Redo moves.
- Hint shows a possible next move.
- Pause stops the game and the timer.
- View elapsed time or time remaining if a limit is set.
- The counter on the right shows the number of moves made.
Two Tips for Triple Spider Solitaire
Tip 1: With so many cards and columns, disorder can set in quickly. Where possible, build auxiliary sequences within a single suit. This makes it easier to form complete sequences later.
Tip 2: Be patient. With three decks, this variant takes longer than the classic version, but it is not necessarily harder. The additional cards give you more options for rearranging the tableau.
For a triple-deck challenge using Klondike rules rather than Spider mechanics, Triple Solitaire is worth a try. It follows the same approach as classic Solitaire but extends the game across three decks, making for a longer session without adding new rules to learn.