Pas Seul

Pas Seul — a solo dance — is one of the smallest tableau games here: six piles, one card each to begin, and a single pass through the stock.

It is also one of the gentlest. Groups move freely, empty columns accept any card or run, and the building rule is the familiar descending alternating colours. The small tableau means it fills up fast, so the discipline is keeping somewhere to put things rather than optimising a big layout. Rated Easy, and a pleasant short game rather than the demanding one its French name might suggest.

Six piles, one card each to start — a very small layout. Columns build down in sequence and alternating colour, and an ordered group moves as a unit. Foundations build up in suit from the Aces as they come free. Any single card or valid sequence may fill an empty column, which is generous. Cards turn one at a time from the stock to a waste pile, and there is no redeal.

With only six piles the tableau fills quickly, so the priority is keeping at least one column workable rather than spreading evenly across all six. Empty columns accept anything, so clearing one is immediately useful and worth doing early. Groups move freely, which means long alternating runs stay portable — build them without worrying. The single pass through the stock is the only real pressure: make sure each drawn card has somewhere to go before you draw the next.