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Octave

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

  • Game time: Medium
  • Difficulty level: Medium
  • Skill level: Mostly Skill
  • Chance of winning: Low; about 1 in 15: 6.7%

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

Solitaire Rules

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

  • Build up in suit from Ace to Ten (for example, a 2 can be played on an Ace).

  • Foundations must be built alternately in red and black.

Tableau (8 columns)

  • Build down in alternating colors (for example, a 10 can be played only on a Jack).

  • The top card of each pile is available for play to another tableau pile or to the foundations.

  • Only one card at a time can be moved.

  • Spaces can be filled with any available card.

  • When the game is completed, below each foundationon the tableau, there will remain a column consisting of a King, a Queen and a Jack in alternating colors.

Reserve ("grace cards": 8 piles below the tableau)

  • When the entire stock has been dealt, click the “Click to Fill” button to deal the top eight cards from the waste to the reserve row.

  • Any reserve card is available for play to the Tableau pile or to the foundations.

  • Spaces can be filled only from the waste.

Stock

  • Turn up one card at a time from the stock to the waste by clicking.

  • There is no redeal.

Waste

  • The top card is available for play to the foundations or to the tableau.

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