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Trash Objective

To win Trash, also known as Garbage, you must be the first player to finish all of your layouts, by putting revealed cards into rank order. Players start the first round with a 10-card layout, and after every finished layout, they reduce by 1 card until a finished single-card layout wins the match.

How to Play Trash on Solitaired

On Solitaired, Trash is a two-player game against the computer. The match is played over multiple rounds until one player wins and Solitaired helps you get the most out of the game with these features:

• Difficulty levels: You can adjust the difficulty of the game by selecting the Easy, Medium, or Hard level under the Options menu.
• Highlighted turns and rank matches: Moves are highlighted to guide you throughout the game, so you know what to click.
  • The Stock is highlighted at the beginning to point out that you need to click it to get started.
  • Your layout is highlighted on your turn, which makes it easier to see which ranks are still facedown and which ones have placements.
  • If you have a card that can be placed into your layout, the slot (card rank position) and playable card are highlighted to help you easily make the placement.
• Slot and round counts: Because each player could be on a different layout with a different amount of required slots to finish, the game tracks how many slots are required for each player in the upper-right corner of the layout. Rounds won by each player are also tracked in this location.
• Undo button: If you make a mistake, the Undo button offers an easy way to reverse moves.

Trash Rules

• Begin the game with a 10-card facedown layout for both players. The first card slot is 1 (ace) and continues upward in rank with 10 as the last card slot. If you finish the 10-card layout, you’ll have to complete a 9-card layout in the next round and so on until you end the game with a single-card layout.
• Place the remaining cards into a shared stockpile. The first player begins by drawing the top card from the stockpile. On your turn, you may either use the top card of the discard pile or draw the top card of the stockpile. If the stockpile runs out before either player completes a layout, shuffle the discard pile to form a new stockpile.
• Match the face-up card from the Discard box or Current box to its numbered position in your layout. If that position still contains a facedown card, place the face-up card there, then immediately turn the facedown card over. The newly revealed card becomes the next card you try to place. You can place more than one card per turn. On Solitaired, you simply click the highlighted card, and it will automatically be placed into the available slot.
• Continue placing each newly revealed card whenever it fits into an available (facedown) position regardless of order. As you turn over cards, if they can be played in your layout, you can continue placing cards during a single turn. For example, you place a three and turn over the facedown card to reveal an ace. If the first card slot is still facedown, you can place the ace in that slot and turn that card over. A turn is over when you flip a card that can’t be used in your layout.
• End your turn by discarding. After a player turns over an unplayable card, they place it in the discard pile. The next player to take a turn can either use the top card of the discard pile or take a card from the stockpile. On Solitaired, the “Current” slot next to the discard pile holds the playable card during each player’s turn. This gives you an easier way to manage your turn, especially if you have to adjust the placement of the jack, a wildcard in the game.
• Jacks are wild. If you turn over a jack, you can use it as a wild card to replace any card in your layout. And if you get the actual ranking card, you can place it into the correct slot and move the jack to another position during your turn. For example, if you put a jack in the 5 slot, and then get a 5 later, you can put the 5 in the correct slot and move the jack to another available slot. On Solitaired, you must drag the jack to the desired slot.
• Kings and queens are unplayable cards in every layout. If you turn over a king or queen, your turn is automatically over, and the card is placed in the discard pile. If you turn over any card that can’t be used in your current layout, your turn is over, and the card is placed in the discard pile.
• The first player to finish the layout in rank order wins the round. For the next round, that player's layout is reduced by one card. So players can be working on completely different layouts in every round.
• The first player to finish the final 1-card layout wins the match.

Trash Strategies

• Always take a discard you can use. A discarded rank you can use is a guaranteed placement. So taking the discard allows you to turn over a facedown card, possibly starting a chain reaction of placements. This makes even more of a difference if you’re playing with more than two players. With more than two players, you don’t have access to every discard, so passing on one you can use means you may never get that rank again.
• Use the Undo button to try for a bigger chain reaction. Sometimes drawing from the stockpile may result in a larger chain reaction than the guaranteed placement of the discard. If you’re wondering whether you made the right move, use the Undo button to back up and change your approach to see if you can place more cards from a stockpile draw.
• Don’t overthink the jack. Because you can adjust the placement of the jack wildcard, just put it into any available slot. If you end up getting the correct rank in which the wildcard is placed, you can still place it there and simply move the jack to another rank’s slot.
• Don’t give up. While it may seem futile to be working on an 8-card layout while your opponent is working on a 5-card one, you actually have more chances of breaking open your layout. Because you need more cards, you have more opportunities to make a placement, and every placement can set off a chain reaction. So you still have a chance to catch up to their layout size and win!

Although Trash depends a lot on the luck of the draw, your adrenaline gets a workout as you watch your opponent making numerous placements in one turn. If you enjoy the rush of the competition, you might also enjoy Cribbage, which requires more strategy, or Speed, which takes it up a notch with a fast-paced game. On Solitaired, you can enjoy playing these and other multiplayer games for free along with many other Solitaire games and variations!