>Topic<Itsy Bitsy Spider

There are no foundations. Instead, you build downwards on the ten piles on the table. You don't have to follow suit, but when you do, you may move entire suits in one move. When you have a complete suit from ace to king, you can double-click it to remove it.

>Topic<General comments

This is the other of the two single-deck variations of Spider. I found this in a game book, "Att lägga patiens" (immediately after Spider, of course). The deal is like spider, in ten piles, though with only three cards in each pile. The big difference from Spider and Spiderette is that you don't deal one card on each pile when clicking on the hand, but rather flip through the hand just like in strict Klondike.

I believe this is a pretty nice introduction to the Spider family, since it is so much easier than Spider and Spiderette.

Note: I am not sure if you are supposed to flip through the hand once or several times. The book is vague on that point. I have chosen to allow just one pass. The game is still pretty easy - one of the easiest ones in Solitaire House, I believe.

>Topic<Rules

Thirty cards are delt in ten piles (the table), with the top card open and the others closed. The rest of the cards form the hand.

On the table, you may build in falling sequences. Sequences in one suit may be moved as a unit.

Any card may be played on a free space.

You may flip though the hand once, one card at a time.

Once you have a full suit, from ace to king in one suit, you may double-click it to remove it.

>Topic<Strategy

You should usually (even always) build cards in the same colors when possible. Even though you can build a lot without following suit, don't overdo it. A long mixed sequence can be hard to solve.

>Topic<Source

I found this game in one of my game books, "Att lägga patiens", where it was presented as a variation on Spider.

>Topic<Related games

Itsy Bitsy Spider belings to the small Spider family together with Spider and Spiderette. The other two are much harder.