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Rules of the game

Objective

To move all cards to the foundations.

Layout

One Deck (52 cards). Clicking the deck will play the topmost card onto the waste pile. When the deck is empty, clicking on it will move all cards from the waste back to the deck. In Tournament mode, only 2 such redeals are allowed.

One Waste pile, filled by clicking the deck. Cards from here may be played onto the Foundations and Tableaux. You may not play any card onto the waste pile.

Four Foundation piles, initially empty. Start building by moving an Ace to the empty foundation, followed by 2, then 3 and so on until King. Each foundation accepts cards of the same suit in ascending order only (UP IN SUIT), i.e. once you play the Ace of Spades on a particular foundation, you may only play 2 of Spades on that foundation, then 3 of Spades, upto the King.

Seven Tableau piles, initially dealt between 1 and 7 cards. The top card of each Tableau is face-up. Cards can be played onto the tableaux if they are one rank below and of a different color (DOWN IN ALTERNATE COLOR) than the topmost card of the pile, i.e. if the topmost card is 10 of Spades, then either 9 of Hearts or 9 of Diamonds can be played on that pile. Groups of cards may be moved between tableaux by drag-and-drop. Double-clicking the topmost card of a tableau pile will send it to the foundation. This is a shortcut for the sometimes tedious drag-and-drop. An empty tableau may only be filled by playing a King onto it.

Tips

As with most Solitaire games, the object is to get all cards face-up as soon as possible. While playing, you can press the F1 key to get a list of commands.

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