Dear Susan - your tutorial is so beautifully clear and cogent. I could have saved myself a lot of head scratching if I had read it two years ago. Thank you so much.

Lilybelle, that is so kind of you !! I am really happy that you found it useful !!

Susan, many thanks for SC 101. I have been playing for a few months and was led to this site by Donnamusica. I like the mapping idea. There is some very valuable information in your write-up. Have a great day!

Susan will be so happy to read what you said.. She put a lot of work into this as you noticed.

Thanks, Donna ! And thank you, too, Stargazer ! I am so glad that you found this information helpful !!

These are the solitaire layout terms: the Stock (the deck from which the cards are drawn), the Waste (where the unused stock cards are placed in the deal), the Foundation (the top four piles where aces are put and suit cards are added) and the Tableau (the seven piles of cards laid out at the game's beginning).

Very helpful William, now if we can get use to using those terms.