Solitaire Collection

Original Solitaire

Game info: Queen of Italy type; 2 decks (104 cards); no redeal

• Game time: Long
• Difficulty level: Hard
• Skill level: Moderate
• Chance of winning: Medium; about 1 in 5; 20%

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 alternating colors (for example, a 2 can be played on an Ace) from Ace to King.

Tableau (9 columns)

• 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.

• Only one card at a time can be moved.

• Spaces are automatically filled from the stock or the waste (never from the reserve or the tableau).

Reserve (a row of 11 cards)

• Only the card exposed at the end may be built on the foundations. It may not be placed on the tableau.

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.

Similar games

• Blondes and Brunettes

• Falling Star

• General's Patience

• Queen of Italy

• Queen of Italy Reversed

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