Play Gaps (Montana) Solitaire Online

Gaps, also called Montana, turns a deck into a sorting puzzle. Deal four rows of thirteen, remove the Aces, and use their four empty spaces to assemble suit runs from Two to King. Every move creates a new gap where the moved card used to sit. A gap immediately after a King is dead until a redeal changes the layout. You have two redeals to keep each row's correct opening sequence in place and sort the remaining cards.

1. Deal the entire deck into four face-up rows of thirteen. Remove all four Aces to create four gaps.
2. Select a Two, then a gap at the start of any row. A gap elsewhere takes the card one rank higher and of the same suit as its left neighbor.
3. Move a matching card into a gap. The old position of that card becomes a fresh gap that may let you extend another suit run.
4. When blocked, press Redeal. This version keeps any correct Two-led suit sequence at the start of each row and shuffles the other cards, leaving one gap just after each kept sequence.
5. You may redeal twice. Win by building four complete suit sequences from Two to King, with the four gaps at the right ends.

• A gap in the first position accepts any Two.
• A non-first gap accepts only the next rank in the same suit as the card immediately to its left.
• A gap after a King accepts no card. Aces never return after the opening removal.
• Each redeal preserves correct Two-led runs at the start of rows; loose cards are shuffled and dealt into the remaining spaces.
• Two redeals are available in this version, for three layouts in total.

• Choose the first Two with care. Assign a suit to each row rather than collecting several Twos in one area.
• Track the gap a card leaves behind. An apparent progress move may trap the new gap beside a King.
• Extend a Two-led run before redealing. Each correct card at a row's start stays fixed after the shuffle.
• A King cannot help a gap on its right. Shift opportunities elsewhere before spending a redeal.
• Use Undo to compare two candidates for a gap when several rows can start with a Two.

• Montana: A common alternate name for this same family of four-row gap games.
• Eight Off: Eight Off also uses spare spaces, but moves exposed cards among columns and foundations.

• Each moved card leaves another usable space, so a single correct placement can open the way to a long chain of further moves.
• The four rows give a visible sorting target. You can tell at a glance whether a row has an established suit or still needs a Two.
• Keeping runs across redeals rewards steady progress. Each correct Two-led opening remains in place when you shuffle the loose cards.
• Dead gaps create specific tactical risks. Parking a King just before a space removes that space from use until a redeal.
• Every Two can define a different row plan. Choose which suit belongs on each row before collecting random cards alongside it.

Play Gaps (Montana) free in your browser. Choose any card, choose a legal gap, and use up to two redeals to preserve completed suit runs while chasing the rest.

Gaps rewards careful ordering and attention to where the next empty space appears. Build a useful start for each row before using a redeal, and keep looking for the matching card to the left of every live gap.

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