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Gavotte

Game info: Two-Deck game type; 2 decks (104 cards); no redeal

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

Solitaire Rules

Foundations (8 piles: complete these piles to win the game)

There are two foundation columns (the left and the right), each containing 4 cards.
Foundations can be whatever cards you choose, but you must select any two consecutive ranks.
For example, if you choose a 10 for the left columns, you must choose a Jack for the right column.
Build the foundations up in suit by twos from the base cards until each pile contains 13 cards.
For example, if the left column starts with a 10, the sequence will be: 10, Q, A, 3, 5, 7, 9, J, K, 2, 4, 6, 8.

Reserve (2 rows of 4 cards each, called the "rails")

Build down in alternating colors (for example, a 10 can be played on a Jack).
An entire built unit of cards in the proper sequence may be moved in whole to another tableau pile.
Spaces are filled starting with the bottom card of the reserve and working upwards.After the reserve is exhausted, spaces are filled from the waste.

Reserve

There are two reserve wings (the left and the right), each containing 16 cards.
The two wings have different rules: one will have filled spaces, the other one will be diminishing.
By moving the first card, you decide which wing will be the filled or the diminishing one.
If the first card moved is from the lowest row of a wing, that wing will be the diminishing one.
If the first card moved is from the first, second or third row of a wing, that wing will be the filled one.

Filled Reserve (16 cards in 4 rows of 4)

Diminishing Reserve (16 cards in 4 rows of 4)

Only the cards in the bottom row are initially available for play to the foundations.
The cards in the rows above them may only be played as they are exposed.
Each pile can contain only one card.
No building on these piles.
Spaces cannot be filled.

Stock

Waste (One pile)