Solitaire Collection

Original Solitaire

Game info: Two-deck type; Original game; 2 decks (104 cards); no redeal

• Game time: Medium
• Difficulty level: Easy
• Skill level: Moderate
• 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 alternating colors from Ace to King (for example, a 2 can be played on an Ace).

Tableau (8 columns)

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

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

• A packed sequence, or any portion of it, may be moved to another tableau column.

• At the beginning of the game you can build only on the first four tableau columns.

• Once one foundation is complete, you can start playing in the fifth tableau column. When the second foundation is complete, you can start playing in the sixth tableau column and so on.

• Spaces may be filled with any available card or packed sequence.

Stock

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

• There is no redeal.

Waste (1 pile)

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

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