Game info: Two-Deck game type; 2 decks; no redeal
Alternate names: Contredanse.
- Game time: Long
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Skill level: Mostly chance
- Chance of winning: Medium (about 1 in 5)
Object of the game:
Move all the cards to the foundations.
Solitaire Rules
Foundations (8 piles: complete these piles to win the game)
-
Build the "Ace"
foundations
up in
suit by twos from Ace to Queen
(for example, a 3 can be played on an Acev):
A, 3, 5, 7, 9, J, K
(odd numbers), 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
Q (even numbers).
-
Build the "Two" foundations
up
in suit by twos from Two
to King (for example, a 4 can be played on a 2):
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Q (even numbers),
A, 3, 5, 7, J, K
(odd numbers).
Left Reserves (12 cards in 3 rows of 4)
-
Only the cards in the bottom row are available initially for play on
foundations. The
cards in the rows above them may be played only as they are exposed.
-
Each pile can contain
only one card.
-
No building on these piles.
-
Spaces are not filled.
Right Reserves (16 cards in 4 rows of 4)
-
These cards are available for play on
foundations.
-
Each pile can contain only one card.
-
No
building on these piles.
-
Spaces are filled automatically from the
waste, or if empty, from
the stock.
Stock
Waste (1 pile)
- The top card is available for play on the
foundations.
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