Solitaire Collection

Original Solitaire

Game info: One-Deck solitaires type; 1 deck (52 cards); no redeal

• Game time: Medium; more than 10 minutes
• Difficulty level: Easy
• Skill level: Mostly skill
• Chance of winning: Low; about 1 in 25; 4.0%

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

Solitaire Rules

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

• Build up regardless of suit (for example, a 5 can be played on a 4) 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 (48 cards in 16 piles of 3 cards each)

Left Side

• Build up or down regardless of suit (for example, a 10 can be played on a 9 or on a Jack) from cards of the left side only.

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

• A card on the left side of the tableau is available for play to the foundations only when there is no card to its right.

Right Side

• Build up or down regardless of suit (for example, a 10 can be played on a 9 or on a Jack) from cards of the right side only.

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

• A card on the right side of the tableau is available for play to the foundations only when there is no card to its left.

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• Samarkand

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