The pure-luck patience laid out like a clock face: put each card under its hour and hope the fourth King comes up last.
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How to play
Clock uses one 52-card pack. The cards are dealt face down into twelve piles of four in a circle, one for each hour of a clock, and the last four cards make a pile in the centre.
Play starts by turning up the top card of the centre pile.
Each card you turn up goes face up under the pile of its hour: Ace at 1 o'clock, 2 at 2 o'clock and so on, Jack at 11 and Queen at 12. A King goes under the centre pile.
Then turn up the top card of the pile you've just put a card under, and carry on in the same way.
You win if every card is turned up. The game is lost when the fourth King comes up while any cards are still face down.
There are no decisions to make: whether a deal comes out is settled by the shuffle, and the chance that it does is exactly 1 in 13.
Controls
The card you've just turned up waits beside the clock, and its hour lights up. Tap that pile to put the card under it, and the pile's next card turns up.
Auto-play turns and places the cards for you; tap Stop to take over again.
Game modes
Daily: everyone gets the same deal each day.
New Game: a fresh deal.
Scoring
10 points for each card turned up, plus 500 for completing the clock.
Tips & strategy
There's no strategy in Clock, so sit back and enjoy the ride, or let Auto-play run it.
Only 1 deal in 13 comes out, on average. A losing deal isn't your fault!
Origins
Clock, also called Sundial, is a luck-based patience with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock. According to Wikipedia, it was known in the 19th century as The Clock and was a variation of Wandering Card, an old game of European origin. It is a purely mechanical process with no room for skill, and the chance of winning is exactly 1 in 13. David Parlett describes one of its features as "shuttling": a card goes to the bottom of a pile and the next card to be played comes off the top of the same pile. The rules here follow Wikipedia's description, written in our own words.
About Clock
Clock is a free browser version of the classic solitaire card game, with a daily deal, Auto-play and online leaderboards. There's nothing to download and no sign-up.
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