Game info: Stripped deck; (96 cards); no redeal
Alternate names: Constitution.
- Game time: Long
- Difficulty level: Hard
- Skill level: Mostly skill
- Chance of winning: Medium (about 1 in 6)
Object of the game: Move all the cards to the foundations.
Solitaire Rules
- All Kings and Queens are removed from the stock.
Foundations
(8 piles in the first row, or the "Government": complete these piles to win the game)
Tableau (4 rows of 8 cards each: the "Constitution")
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The foundations
are built exclusively from the cards in the top row (the "Privy
Council").
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All the cards in the other 3 rows must ascend through each row
until they reach the top row before they can be played.
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You can build
down in
alternating
colors (for example, a 10
can be played on a Jack)
any card on a card in the row immediately above it.
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A space in any row must be filled immediately with any card from
the row immediately below it (not necessarily the one directly under the
space).
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A space in bottom row (People row) is automatically filled from
the
waste or from
the stock.
Stock
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Turn up one card at a time from the stock
to the waste by
clicking.
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There is no redeal.
Waste (One pile)
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The top card is available for play to the foundations.
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