Spider (solitaire)

"Spider Solitaire" redirects here. For the Microsoft Windows version of Spider Solitaire, see Microsoft Spider Solitaire.
For the solitaire game played in a 4×3 grid, see Little Spider.
Spider
A Patience game
One initial layout in the game of Spider
Named variantsRelaxed Spider, Will o' the Wisp
FamilySpider
DeckDouble 52-card
See also Glossary of solitaire

Spider is a type of patience game,[1][2] and is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games. The game originated in 1949, and its name comes from a spider's eight legs, referencing the eight foundation piles that must be filled in order to win.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Spider" (p.431-432) in The Penguin Book of Card Games by David Parlett, Treasure Press, 1987. ISBN 1-85051-221-3
  2. ^ "Spider" (p.311) in Bicycle Official Rules of Card Games by Joli Quentin Kansil (ed.), 1999. ISBN 1-889752-06-1