Wild West Freecell

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About Wild West Freecell

Wild West Freecell is a card patience puzzle that keeps the familiar FreeCell framework and gives it a frontier setting. Every deal starts fully visible, so nothing is hidden: the challenge is working out an order of moves rather than hoping for luck. You build down the tableau in alternating colours, freeing aces and low cards so the suits can be sent to the foundations, and the free cells in the top left hold single cards while you dig through a stubborn column. The twist is the pistol action cards. Picking one up earns a bonus action that lifts any tableau card to the first position in a column, which can open a blocked layout without restarting. You begin with at least one bonus action available, so there is something to spend early. Deals are short enough to fit into a spare few minutes.

How to Play Wild West Freecell

Click a card to select it, then click its destination, or drag it. Build tableau columns downwards in alternating colours, and park a card in the free cells at the top left when it is blocking you. Aces go up to the foundations. Spend a bonus action to lift any tableau card to the first position in a column. Tap and drag works the same way on a touchscreen.

Tips and Tricks

Every card is face up from the start, so plan two or three moves ahead before you touch anything. A move that looks free now often blocks the only column you could have emptied.
Keep the free cells as clear as you can. Each card you leave parked there is one fewer card you can shift in a single run, and a full set of occupied cells is how most deals lock up.
An empty column is worth more than an empty free cell, because it will take a whole sequence rather than one card. If a short column is nearly cleared, prioritise finishing it.
Hold the pistol bonus actions back for positions you genuinely cannot untangle, and work towards columns that hide more pistol cards so you keep a reserve rather than spending your last one on a move you could have made normally.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the same as ordinary FreeCell?

The tableau and free cell rules are the standard ones, so anything you know from classic FreeCell still applies. The pistol action cards are the addition.

What exactly does a pistol card do?

Collecting one gives you a bonus action, which moves any card on the tableau to the first position in a column. You also start each deal with one or more banked.