Q&A for How to Set Up Solitaire

It can take anywhere from 2-30 minutes, depending on the shuffle. The average is probably 15-20 minutes.

If and only if the card being moved is a king, although the normal card movement rules still apply as far as moving the stack along with it.

Basically, follow the steps in this article

You can't; the reason it's called solitaire is because it's a solo game.

No, because if you are missing a card, then you won't be able to complete a whole set.

Solitaire is single player, so you can't set it up against an opponent.

If you can't make any more moves, you lose. That's the main challenge of solitaire.

It doesn’t really matter because you flip one card at a time, so you would get all the cards at some point.

No, if you add a card into the foundation pile, it must be the next-highest rank and the same color and suit. There is one foundation pile per suit (hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs) for a total of four piles.

Yes, you can do that, but it will only make the game longer, not necessarily more challenging (or interesting).

Jacks have a lower value than queens, so the jack goes on top of the queen.