Which M solitaire game fits the way you want to play?
Choose Monte Carlo for visible pairs, Montana for putting rows in suit order, Miss Milligan for two-deck foundations, or Mountain for one-higher-or-lower sequences. A shared name or a familiar layout does not guarantee the same shuffle, reserve or redeal rules.
Start with the move, not just the name
Monte Carlo Solitaire
- What you see
- A face-up 5 × 5 grid.
- Legal move
- Remove equal ranks that touch horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
- Next step
- Consolidate the grid and refill it using this edition’s control.
Montana Solitaire
- What you see
- Rows with gaps to fill.
- Legal move
- Fill a gap with the next rank in the suit of the card on its left.
- Goal
- Build each row from 2 through king.
Miss Milligan Solitaire
- What you see
- Two decks, a tableau and eight foundations.
- Legal move
- Build foundations upward in suit and tableau runs downward in alternating colours.
- Important condition
- The stock must be exhausted before this edition’s reserve is available.
Mountain Solitaire
- What you see
- An exposed card and partially covered peaks.
- Legal move
- Choose an uncovered card one rank higher or lower; suits do not decide the move.
- Next step
- Draw from the stock when no suitable card is available.
Visible pairs work differently from Memory
In Monte Carlo, two visible 9s touching at a corner form a legal pair. Two 9s separated by another card do not. Their ranks match, but their positions do not meet the adjacency rule. Consolidating the board can change which cards are neighbours.
Memory hides the faces and asks you to remember locations. Both involve pairs, but the information you can see and the action you must take are different. For family play with a real deck, the two-player guide explains Memory’s turn and scoring rules.
A legal gap move can still lead back to the same position
In this Montana edition, a gap after 8♣ needs 9♣. A gap after a king cannot extend that row. Before moving, check what can fill the new gap you will leave behind; an empty space is useful only when it opens another move.
Gaps, Montana and Addiction are related names used for variants. Check the row starts, shuffles and redeals in the exact edition instead of assuming the names describe identical rules.
Maze is another gap game with a different connection rule. In our Novel Games edition, a card may fit after the next lower card of its suit or before the next higher one. Rows connect, including the last row back to the first, and an ace may follow a queen. If you keep cycling through the same positions, look for a different sequence to extend rather than repeating moves just because they are legal.
When you are stuck, check the edition’s available action
For Monte Carlo, look for a legal adjacent pair and then whether consolidation changes the board. For Montana, inspect the gap you create before spending a shuffle. For Miss Milligan, check whether the stock is actually exhausted before expecting to use the reserve. For Mountain, drawing a new stock card is part of the stated move sequence.
These checks explain the rules and possible next actions; they do not guarantee that a deal can be won. New levels, shuffle limits and special cards belong to the provider’s edition. Use the help linked from each game page for those details.
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