Pounce Race
Racing solitaire against animal rivals: everyone plays at the same time onto shared piles in the middle, and the first to empty their pounce pile wins the hand. A rival can grab the very spot you were about to play. 18 hands.
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Controls
TapDrag- Tap a card to send it to the best place: a pile in the middle if it fits, otherwise one of your four work piles.
- Or drag it exactly where you want.
- Middle piles start with an Ace and go up in the same suit; work piles go down in alternating colors, and you can move a run of cards together.
- Tap the stock on the right to turn cards.
- Empty your pounce pile on the left to call POUNCE.
- Your score is your cards in the middle minus 2 for each card left in your pounce pile; pouncing first gives a bonus and 3 stars.
About the game
Pounce Race is a fast card game based on racing solitaire, the family favorite where everyone plays patience at once with their own deck. You sit at the bottom of the table with a pounce pile, four work piles and a stock; the animal rivals at the top do the same in their heads. In the middle is a shared row of foundation piles: any Ace starts one, and anyone can add the next card of the same suit. There are no turns; the rivals keep playing whether you are ready or not, and their cards fly into the middle as you watch.
That sharing is the whole game. The five of hearts in your hand only fits on a four of hearts, and if a rival drops their own five there a moment before you, it is taken and your card has to wait for another pile. So you watch the middle while you work your own cards: clear runs off your work piles to make room, feed your pounce pile down, and spin through the stock for the card that unlocks everything. The hand ends the moment anyone empties their pounce pile. Every card you placed in the middle is a point and every card still in your pounce pile costs two, so even a lost race can score. Eighteen hands add rivals, faster hands and bigger pounce piles, and later hands turn the stock three cards at a time. Every hand is dealt so that steady play can pounce out.
Free to play in your browser. No download, no sign-up. Best on a computer, or a phone held sideways. Your progress is saved on this device.
