Original Solitaire
Game info: Non-Builders games type; 1 deck; no redeal.
- Game time: Quick
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Skill level: Mostly chance
- Chance of winning: Very high; about 2 in 3; 66.6%
Object of the game: Move all the cards to the foundation except the eights Aces.
Solitaire Rules
Foundations (One
pile)
- All discarded cards are played to this pile.
Tableau (Eight columns)
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Discard the lower–ranking card(s) of two or more cards of the same suit in the eight exposed cards across the columns.
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Ace counts higher than King, values running A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Aces are not discarded.
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Keep discarding until the top cards are all of different suits, then deal the next eight cards.
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No building on the tableau.
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At the end of the game, when the stock is exhausted, spaces may be filled only with Aces.
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The game is won if only the eight Aces remain in the tableau, one Ace in each column, and the remaining ninety-six lower–ranking cards having been discarded.
Stock
Scoring
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Aces Up starts at −64 points because the eight Aces are not discarded from the layout at the end of the game:
(8 cards x 5 points) = 40 points; −104 + 40 = −64 points
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The
final score is 416, like any other two–deck games.
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