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Game info: Forty Thieves type; 2 decks; no redeal

Alternate names: Deauville, Dress Parade, Emperor's Game, Rank and File.

• Game time: Medium
• Difficulty level: Medium
• Skill level: Moderate
• Chance of winning: High; about 1 in 3; 33.3%

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

Solitaire Rules

Foundations (4 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 (10 columns of 4 cards each: 3 face down, called the "sealed" packets and 1 face up)

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

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

• A packed sequence, or any portion of it, may be moved to another tableau pile.

• Spaces may be filled with any available card or packed sequence.

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 on the foundations or the tableau.

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• Blind Hookey

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