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Rules For Playing This Game
The Layout
Thirteen cards are dealt and placed in the reserve area located to the left of the waste piles. If the reserve cards
contain any aces they are automatically placed into the foundation.
The foundation is made up of the eight aces. They are placed in a single row at the top of the screen above the waste piles.
There are five waste piles located below the foundation and to the right of the reserve.
The Object of the Game
The object is to place all the cards from the reserve and waste piles into the foundations in incremental order
beginning with aces.
Valid Moves
The aces are placed into the foundation as they are made available from the hand.
Cards from the hand are turned up one at a time. If the card cannot be played onto the foundations, it is placed in any one of the
five waste piles.. As many or as few cards may be put in one waste pile. Placement of the cards into the waste piles is very
important (refer to Strategy Tips for more information).
Build upon the foundations in incrementing order (i.e. three on two, two on an Ace, etc.) regardless of suit.
Reserve cards should be played on the foundations as soon as they are available for play. Reserve cards cannot be played on the
waste piles.
Winning the Game
The game is won when all cards have been moved up to the foundations and the eight foundations have all been built from Aces
up to Kings.
Strategy Tips For This Game
Always play a card from the reserve area onto the foundation before doing anything else. Since the reserve area cards can only be
played upon the foundation, all cards in the reserve pile are "land locked" and can block the
succesfull conclusion of the game unless they are freed up as soon as possible.
Once no more cards can be played from the reserve area, play cards from the waste pile up to the foundation.
After playing waste pile cards, make sure to check again that the card from the reserve area can't be played now that cards from the
waste pile have been played.
Once all options from the reserve and waste pile have been played up to the foundation, play a card from the deck. Cards played
from the deck should be played up to the foundation first, if possible. Otherwise, play the card into one of the waste piles.
Managing the waste piles is one of the keys to the game! Always try to play a card onto a card of HIGHER value (i.e. leaving the
lowest numbered cards on top) because cards are played onto the foundation in the reverse order -- lowest to highest (Ace, 2, 3...).
If a higher card is played on a lower card, it essentially "land locks" the lower card beneath it until that card is removed. Unblocking
cards can be difficult, however, because the lower card (which is trapped underneath) is needed FIRST!
Since this game uses 2 decks of cards, there are TOO many cards to deal with -- it is absolutely unavoidable that at some moment it'll
be impossible to not block a card with a higher value card. The best approach is to minimize the effect by:
* Keeping the cards close in value. It's OK to block a 4 with a 5, but don't block a 4 with a King because it'll take MUCH too long to
be able to play the King before the 4 can finally become unburied.
* Use each waste pile to hold a different range of card values. Don't stack Kings on fours. Use one waste pile for just Kings and
Queens. Use another for low value cards. Use another for 6, 7, 8, and 9's, etc. That keeps the cards spread out as much as
possible so that they don't become blocked by other cards of a significantly greater value.
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