Original Solitaire
Game info: Sir Tommy type; 2 decks (104 cards); 2 redeals
- Game time: Medium
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Skill level: Mostly chance
- Chance of winning: High; about 1 in 3; 33.3%
Object of the game:
Move all the cards to the foundations.
Solitaire Rules
Set-Up: An Ace of each suit is removed from the stock to become the foundations.
Foundations (Eight piles starting with Aces)
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Build up in
suit from Ace to
King (for example, a 2
can be played on an Ace).
Waste (Five columns)
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Place cards from the stock to any of these columns, in any suit or rank, as advantageous.
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Once placed, a card cannot be moved.
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The top card of each column is available for play to the foundations.
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No building on the waste columns.
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Spaces can be filled with cards from the stock only, and not from the waste.
Reserve (One pile of seven cards)
Stock (Eighty-nine cards face down)
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