Solitaire Collection

Original Solitaire

Game info: Adding games type; 1 deck (52 cards); no redeal

• Game time: Quick
• Difficulty level: Easy
• Skill level: Mostly chance
• Chance of winning: Very high (about 1 in 2)

Object of the game: To discard all the face cards (Jacks, Queens and Kings) by using combinations of the numerical cards.

Solitaire Rules

• Deal cards in a row from left to right by clicking on the stock.

• Discard any group of cards consisting of:

  • Any combination (doublets, triplets, quadruplets, etc.) of cards which total eleven, twelve or thirteen.

  • One face card (Jack, Queen or King) which corresponds to the total of the combination.

• For example, valid groups are:
  9 + 2 (11) + Jack;
  4 + 6 + 2 (12) + Queen;
  7 + 4 + Ace + Ace (13) + King.

• To win the game, you must discard all the face cards (put the "Prisoners" in jail) before the stock is exhausted.

• There is no redeal.

The Prisoners

(all the 12 face cards: four Jacks, four Queens and four Kings)

• These are the "Prisoners" and when discarded, they will go to prison.

Scoring

• The game starts at: - 52.

• 20 points are awarded for each freed "Prisoner".

• The winning score to obtain is 188.

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