Falling Star

About Falling Star

by Thomas Warfield

Screen shot of the game Falling Star from Pretty Good Solitaire.

Falling Star is a two deck Terrace type game.

How to Play

There are eight foundation piles. These are to be built up by alternate color, wrapping from King to Ace as necessary, until each pile contains 13 cards. The game is won when all of the cards are moved here.

There are eight tableau piles. Building is down by alternate color. Only the top card of each pile may be moved. Spaces may be filled only from the waste pile. At the start of the game 1 card is dealt face up to each pile.

There is a single reserve pile, the top card is available for play on the foundations only (this kind of reserve pile is standard in Terrace type games). At the start of the game 11 cards are dealt to this pile.

The remainder of the deck forms a stock. It is turned over one card at a time by clicking. There are no redeals.

As with most Terrace type games, the key to winning is to get the cards out of the reserve and up to the foundations.

An average player wins Falling Star about 17% of the time.

Variations of Falling Star