Solitaire Collection

Original Solitaire

Game info: Flower Garden type; 1 deck (52 cards); no redeal

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

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

Solitaire Rules

The base card for this game will vary. At the beginning of the game examine the tableau and the reserve and choose one of the available cards as the first foundation.

Foundations (4 piles: complete these piles to win the game)

• Build up in suit from the base card to the rank just below the base card until each pile contains 13 cards.

• Ranking of cards is continuous: build Aces after Kings when necessary.

Tableau (6 columns of 6 cards each: the "Garden" or "Flower–Beds")

• Build down regardless of suit (for example, a 5 can be played on a 6).

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

• Only one card at a time can be moved.

• Spaces may be filled with any available card.

Reserve (1 column of 16 cards: the "Bouquet")

• Each card of the reserve is available at all times: click on any card and move it to either the tableau or to the foundations.

• These cards are not replaced when moved.

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• Brigade

• Flower Garden

• Flower Garden Reversed

• Flower Garden Two Decks

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