Original Solitaire
Game info: Two-Deck solitaires type; 2 decks (104 cards); no redeal
- Game time: Long
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Skill level: Mostly skill
- Chance of winning: Low; about 1 in 25; 4%
Object of the game: Discard the entire stock in groups of four cards, which are consecutive in rank.
Solitaire Rules
Tableau
(Sixteen empty piles arranged in four rows of four piles each)
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Place one card at a time from the waste in any empty tableau pile, in order to create groups of four cards which are consecutive in rank.
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Sequences must be made horizontally and can be either ascending or descending.
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Ranking of cards is continuous. For example, valid sequences are:
9, 10, Jack, Queen
King, Queen, Jack, 10
Ace, K, Q, and J
K, Ace, 2 and 3
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Each pile may contain only one card.
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Once placed, a card cannot be moved.
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When a sequence is done, it is automatically discarded.
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The game is won if the entire stock is discarded by groups of four cards each.
Stock
Waste
(One pile)
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