Paul Alfille is credited with the invention of FreeCell.

From low to high, card ranks run in order from Ace, to Two, to Three, and so on up to Ten, Jack, Queen, and finally King. You can play this deal from the top menu (choose 'Numbered Games').īoth ranks and suits of cards are important in FreeCell. A rare example of a deal that is considered to be unsolvable is deal number 11982 from Windows 95's version of FreeCell. The only real difference is that in FreeCell, they are built by alternate (red and black) colors, while in Baker's Game cards are built by suit.Īlmost all FreeCell games are winnable.

It's a modification of the solitaire game called Baker's Game.

Classic FreeCell is played with one 52-card deck of standard playing cards.