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Icarus

Original Solitaire

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

  • Game time: Medium
  • Difficulty level: Medium
  • Skill level: Mostly skill
  • Chance of winning: Low; about 1 in 10; 10.0%

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

Solitaire Rules

  • The base card (the first card dealt) for this game will vary.

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

  • Build up regardless of suit from the base card (for example, a 5 can be played on a 4 ) until each pile contains 26 cards (2 sequences of 13 cards).

  • Ranking of cards is continuous: build King after Ace when necessary.

Tableau (5 columns of 5 cards each)

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

  • Ranking of cards is continuous: build King after Ace when necessary.

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

  • Cards can be moved from the tableau to the fans and viceversa, but only one card at a time.

  • Spaces are filled with 5 cards from the stock.

Reserve (5 fans of 3 cards each)

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

  • Ranking of cards is continuous: build King after Ace when necessary.

  • Only one card at a time can be moved.

  • Cards can be moved from the tableau to the fans and viceversa, but only one card at a time.

  • Spaces are filled with 3 cards from the stock.

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