#38 [Feature Request] Spider 3 colors

[Sewbacca]

Hi,
first of all thank you for developing this cool project you have here.

I love playing spider, but I find 4 colors, while doable, quite difficult, and 2 colors a little too easy. This is why I'd think a middle ground of 3 colors would add a lot of value for me.

I don't know if there are official rules for such a variant, but I vaguely remember an implementation having a 3 colors option, while researching apps for spider before settling on SolitairCG.

Of course 3 colors can't be added, when using 104 cards, without some asymmetry. To solve this I have these options in mind:

1. have 9 suits a 3 colors, deal 57 cards and have 60 cards on the deck for distribution
2. have 3 suits of spades, 3 suits of hearts and 2 suits of either diamonds or clubs
3. have 6 suits a 2 colors, deal 51 and have a deck of 40.

I'm not sure which one would be the most fun to play or if a fourth unthought solution would be better, so maybe we need some testing beforehand.

Would this be doable?

~ Sewbacca

[Curtis Gedak]

Would this be doable?

It is possible that something like you mention would work.

I recommend that you figure out all the game variation details for a 3 suit version of spider solitaire, document these rules, and then play multiple games following your rules before you try to write software code to emulate the game.