Spider solitaire has many variants. If you don't know the rules to spider solitaire, be sure to read the
spider solitaire rules before learning the variant.
Antarctic
There are seven piles in the tableau instead of ten. One card is in the first pile incrementing up to seven cards in the last pile. All cards are face up. This allows for more skill.
Only one deck of cards is used, which means the stock only has 24 cards. This also means there are three deals of seven cards to each pile. In the last deal, three cards are dealt to the first three piles.
Finally, only four sequences are created instead of eight.
Build down in the same color only.
Any sequence of cards can be moved regardless of suit and rank.
Spaces can only be filled with a king or group of cards with a king as the bottom card.
The 13 card sequences only need to be the same color as opposed to the same suit.
Ants
There are four free cells to 'hold' cards for extra freedom of movement. Two of the cells start with one card each. Only one card is allowed in each cell.
All cards in the tableau are face up allowing for more skill.
Only one deck of cards is used, so only four sequences are created instead of eight.
Build down in the same color only.
Any sequence of cards can be moved regardless of suit and rank, however, there must be enough free spaces and fee cells to 'hold' each card.
The 13 card sequences only need to be the same color as opposed to the same suit.
