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Gate

Game info: One-deck type; 1 deck (52 cards); no redeal

  • Game time: Quick
  • Difficulty level: Easy
  • Skill level: Mostly chance
  • Chance of winning: Medium (about 1 in 5)

Object of the game: Move all the cards to the foundations.

Solitaire Rules

Foundations (8 piles: complete these piles to win the game)

  • Build up in suit from Ace to King (for example, a 2 can be played on an Ace).

Tableau (2 rows of 4 cards each, called the "rails")

  • Build down in alternating colors (for example, a 10 can be played on a Jack).

  • An entire built unit of cards in the proper sequence may be moved in whole to another tableau pile.

  • Spaces are filled starting with the bottom card of the reserve and working upwards. After the reserve is exhausted, spaces are filled from the waste.

Reserve (2 columns of 5 cards each, called the "posts")

  • Only the bottom card of each post is available for play to the tableau or to the foundations.

  • Spaces are not filled.

Stock

  • Turn up one card at a time from the stock to the waste by clicking.

  • There is no redeal.

Waste (One pile)

  • The top card is available for play to the foundations.

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