Beehive solitaire is a solitaire matching card game.
| Players: 1 | Type: Solitaire | Supplies: 1 Deck |
The objective of beehive solitaire is to get all the cards into matching sets of four based on rank.
Make a stack of ten face up cards, this is called the beehive. Then, lay out two rows of three face up cards to make a grid of six cards. The remaining deck is placed face down in front of you.
Cards are matched within the six card grid. The order of priority for matching cards in the grid is as follows:
The game starts by making any available matches from within the grid by stacking similar ranked cards onto
each
other.
Whenever you get a set of four matching cards in one stack, remove that stack from the game. When a space
opens
up in
the six card grid, from either removing a completed stack or matching cards within the grid, the top card
from
the
beehive takes this space. After all matches are made from within the grid and using the top card of the
beehive,
the
face down deck is then used. Take the top three cards from the deck and flip them face up into a discard
pile.
If the
top card of the discard pile can be matched to any stack in the grid, do so, otherwise, flip another three
cards
onto
the discard pile. When the deck runs out, flip the discard pile over and continue to flip through the deck
in
increments
of three, trying to use the top card of the discard pile.
When the beehive runs out, or can't be used and there is available space on the grid, the top card of the
discard pile
is then used to fill any empty spaces.
When the player gets the entire deck into matching stacks of four, the player wins. If the player runs out of moves and has not completed every stack, the player loses.