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Original Solitaire

Game info: Beleaguered Castle type; 2 decks (104 cards); no redeal

• Game time: Long
• Difficulty level: Easy
• Skill level: Mostly skill
• Chance of winning: Low; about 1 in 10; 10%

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

Solitaire Rules

Foundations (Eight piles)

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

• Autoplay is available.

Tableau (Six columns of eight cards and eight columns of seven cards)

• Build up or down in suit (for example, a 10 can be played either on a 9 or a Jack).

• Ranking of cards is not continuous: an Ace may be built only on a 2, a King only on a Queen.

• The top card of each pile is available for play on another tableau pile or on the foundations.

• Only one card at a time can be moved.

• Spaces may be filled with any available card.

Similar games

• Beleaguered Castle

• Beleaguered Castle Reversed

• Chessboard

• Chessboard Two Suits

• Citadel

• Fortress

• Streets and Alleys

• Xantia

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