Strategy and tips
How to win more often: the ideas strong players use in each game, from the first move to the endgame.
- Sea Battle
How to win at sea battle
Where to place your fleet, the parity trick that halves the board, why it fails on the last four ships, and how to read a wreck.
Play → - Armada
Armada strategy: torpedoes, air strikes and radar
When to fire a torpedo, where an air strike pays, how to time the radar, and how to place a fleet that a torpedo cannot read at a glance.
Play → - Chess
How to win at chess
Chess strategy for beginners: opening principles, forks, pins and skewers, when to trade, the basic mates, avoiding stalemate and managing your clock.
Play → - Checkers
How to win at checkers
Checkers strategy: using compulsory capture to set up shots, keeping pieces together, holding the centre and the back row, trading when ahead, and endgames.
Play → - Tic-Tac-Toe
How to win at tic-tac-toe: openings and forks
Tic-tac-toe strategy: the corner opening, how noughts hold the draw, forks and traps, 4×4, and open fours and 4-3 forks in five in a row.
Play → - Minesweeper
How to get better at minesweeper
Minesweeper strategy: the two basic deductions, the 1-1, 1-2-1 and 1-2-2-1 patterns, subtracting numbers, when to guess, and how to clear boards faster.
Play → - Nonograms
How to solve nonograms
Nonogram solving techniques step by step: the overlap, adding up a line, edges and walls, joining and splitting groups, and working rows against columns.
Play → - Sudoku
How to solve sudoku: techniques
Sudoku solving techniques from easy to expert: scanning, hidden and naked singles, pointing, pairs, triples, the X-wing, the XY-wing and the swordfish.
Play → - 2048
How to Win at 2048: Strategy and Tips
How to beat 2048: keep the big tile in a corner, build a snake of shrinking numbers, avoid the fourth direction, and get out of trouble when it goes wrong.
Play → - Solitaire
How to Win at Solitaire: Klondike Tips
How to win more games of Klondike: free the face-down cards first, hold cards back from the foundations, choose your king, and play draw three with care.
Play → - Spider Solitaire
How to Win at Spider Solitaire
How to win more games of Spider: turn cards over first, build in suit, keep an empty column, tidy before each deal, and take mixed stacks apart.
Play → - FreeCell
How to Win at FreeCell
How to win more games of FreeCell: look before you move, keep the free cells empty, clear a column early, dig out the aces, and play with three or two cells.
Play → - Blackjack
How to Win at Blackjack: Basic Strategy
How to play blackjack well: when to hit, stand, double and split, why to skip insurance, betting in a race with friends, and full basic strategy charts.
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