Solitaire Card Game 2

Chameleon
This is a game much like Canfield, even to the degree of difficulty in winning.
Layout
Three face-up cards are dealt to form the tableau piles. To the left of this, twelve face-up cards are dealt and squared up to form the stock. Above the tableau piles, one card is dealt to the first foundation.
Foundations
The other three cards of same rank as the first foundation are to be moved to the row with it as they become available. The foundations are built up in suit until each pile is thirteen cards.
Play
Tableau cards may be built on each other downward, regardless of suit. Any or all cards of a pile may be moved as a unit in building. Top cards of the piles are available to be played on the foundations, but never into spaces.
Spaces are automatically filled at once from the stock. The top card of the stock is also available to be played on foundations or built on tableau piles. After the stock is exhausted, tableau spaces may be filled from the wastepile or hand, and the player may keep them open until he wishes to use them.
Wastepile
Turn up cards from the hand one by one, placing unplayable cards face up on the wastepile. The top card of the wastepile, as well as the card in the hand, is available for play.

Chessboard
This Beleaguered Castle variation allows the player to choose the foundation base.
Layout
The entire pack is dealt into ten face-up tableau piles. The first two piles have six cards each and the remaining eight piles have five cards each.
Foundations
Any rank may be chosen to start the foundations. These four cards are to be moved to a row above the tableau. The foundations are built up in suit until each pile is thirteen cards.
Tableau
Tableau cards may be built up or down in suit. The top card of each pile is always available. A space made by removal of an entire pile may be filled by any available card from the tableau.

Citadel
This is a variation of Beleaguered Castle which may seem easier to some players.
Foundations
The foundations are placed in the center of the tableau and are to be built up in suit from ace to king.
Layout
The pack is dealt into two wings of a tableau, one on each side of the foundations. During the course of laying out the tableau, aces will be placed on the foundations in the center column. In addition, any other card turned up during the layout which may be placed to a foundation will be done so. When a card is so played to the center, it will not be replaced by the next card. The completed tableau rows will thus not be of uniform length.
Play
Only one card at a time at the open end of each row is available. The open end is that having the uncovered card.
Available cards may be played on foundations, or may be built on each other downward without regard to suit.
A space made by removal of an entire row may be filled by any available card.

Colorado
The rules are simple in this game, but winning is not.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Twenty cards are dealt in two rows to form the tableau. The remaining cards are placed in the stock.
Foundations
One ace and one king of each suit, as they become available, are to be placed in a row above the tableau. The aces are to be built up in suit to kings, and the kings down in suit to aces.
Play
The top card of each pile is always available for play on the foundations. The top card of the stock is available for play on the foundations or any tableau pile.

Congress
Congress is one of the relatively few games in which foundation building is in suit, but tableau building disregards suit.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Two columns of four cards each are dealt, leaving room between the columns for two more columns. These eight cards start the tableau.
Foundations
The eight aces, as they become available, are to be moved into two columns in the center and built up in suit to kings.
Play
Cards in the tableau may be built downward, regardless of suit. The top card of a tableau pile is always available for play upon another pile or foundation. Only one card at a time may be moved in building. Spaces in the tableau are immediately filled from the wastepile or hand.
Wastepile
Turn up cards from the hand one by one, placing unplayable cards face up on the wastepile. The top card of the wastepile, as well as the card in the hand, is available for play.

Courtyard
This variation of Forty Thieves is much easier to win.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Twelve cards are dealt in two rows to form the tableau.
Foundations
The eight foundations are built up in suit from aces to kings.
Tableau
Tableau cards may be built down in suit. The top card of each pile is always available. A group of cards on top of a pile, in correct sequence and suit, may be moved in whole or in part.
Spaces in the tableau are immediately filled from the wastepile or hand. If the wastepile and hand are empty, spaces may be filled by available cards from the tableau.
Wastepile
Turn up cards from the hand one by one, placing unplayable cards face up on the wastepile. The top card of the wastepile, as well as the card in the hand, is available for play.

Crescent
This two-deck game has a unique layout, and it is difficult to win.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Foundations
One ace and one king of each suit are placed in two rows to form the foundations. The aces are to be built up in suit to kings, and the kings down in suit to aces.
If the top cards of two foundations of the same suit are in sequence, cards may be moved from one foundation to the other, except for the ace or king at the bottom.
Layout
The entire pack is dealt into sixteen tableau piles of six cards each in an arc above the foundation piles. Each pile is dealt six cards: the bottom five cards are face-down and the top card is face-up.
Tableau
Tableau cards may be built up or down in suit. The sequence is circular, making ace and king adjacent in rank. The top card of each pile is always available. If all the face-up cards are removed from a pile, the top face-down card is turned up and made available. A space by removal of an entire pile is never filled.
Redeal
Three redeals are permitted. When play comes to a standstill, the bottom card of each pile is moved to the top.

Deuces
This game uses the eight deuces in the deck as the foundations.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
The eight deuces are removed from the pack and put in two rows to form the foundations. These foundations are to be built up in suit to aces (coming after kings).
Ten more cards are dealt around three sides of the foundations to form the tableau.
Play
Tableau piles may be built down in suit. The top card of a tableau pile is available for play on another, or on a foundation. Spaces in the tableau are immediately filled from the wastepile or hand, never the tableau.
Wastepile
Turn up cards from the hand one by one, placing unplayable cards face up on the wastepile. The top card of the wastepile, as well as the card in the hand, is available for play.
Redeal
One redeal is permitted.

Diplomat
This is an easier two-pack variation of Streets and Alleys. You should solve it three times out of four.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
The pack is dealt into two wings of a tableau, one on each side of the foundations. Each wing is made up of four rows of four cards each, the cards in each row overlapping.
Foundations
The eight aces, as they become available, are to be placed in two columns between the wings, and are to be built up in suit to kings.
Play
Tableau cards may be built downward, regardless of suit. Spaces in the tableau may be filled by any available cards, which are the top cards of tableau piles, top card of the wastepile, and cards turned from the hand. All are available to be played on foundations, built on the tableau, or put in spaces.
Wastepile
Turn up cards from the hand one by one, placing unplayable cards face up on the wastepile. The top card of the wastepile, as well as the card in the hand, is available for play.

Double or Quits
Put your arithmetic skill to the test with a foundation that is built by "doubles".
Layout
One card is dealt to the foundation. Around the foundation, seven face-up cards are dealt to form the tableau piles.
Foundation
The foundation is built up in "doubles" regardless of suit until it is forty-eight cards (the entire pack except for kings). This means that the next card to be played on the foundation is twice the value of the current top foundation card, minus thirteen if necessary.
For example, if the current top foundation card is six, the following sequence follows:
6, (6 x 2 = 12) Q, (12 x 2 - 13 = 11) J, (11 x 2 - 13 = 9) 9, (9 x 2 - 13 = 5) 5, (5 x 2 = 10) 10, (10 x 2 - 13 = 7) 7, (7 x 2 - 13 = 1) A, (1 x 2 = 2) 2, (2 x 2 = 4) 4, (4 x 2 = 8) 8, (8 x 2 - 13 = 3) 3, (3 x 2 = 6) 6 ...
Notice that kings are "dead cards". They may never be played on the foundation.
Tableau
The top card of each pile is always available for play on the foundation. Spaces in the tableau are immediately filled from the wastepile or hand.
Wastepile
Turn up cards from the hand one by one, placing unplayable cards face up on the wastepile. The top card of the wastepile, as well as the card in the hand, is available for play on the foundation.
Redeal
Two redeals are permitted.

Easthaven
This variation of Klondike is easier to win because cards from the hand become available in groups, and fewer cards are buried in the layout.
Layout
A row of seven cards is dealt face down. A second row is dealt face down on top of the first, then a row is dealt face up on the piles for a total of 21 cards.
Foundations
The four aces, as they become available, are to be moved to a row above the tableau and built up in suit to kings.
Tableau
The face-up cards on the tableau may be built down in alternating colors. The top card of each pile is always available. A group of cards on top of a pile, in correct sequence and alternation, may be moved in whole or in part. If all the face-up cards are removed from a pile, the top face-down card is turned up and made available.
Top cards on the piles are always available for play on the foundations. Aces should be moved up as soon as available, but any higher card may be kept on the tableau for building purposes, if the player wishes.
A space created in the tableau, by removal of an entire pile, may be filled only by a king, or by any build with a king at the bottom.
Hand
Whenever play comes to a standstill, deal seven more cards from the hand, one on each tableau pile. Tableau spaces need not be filled before the deal. The last three cards of the pack go on the first three piles.

Eight Off
This game is a FreeCell variation.
Layout
Forty-eight cards are dealt into eight face-up tableau piles. Eight free cells are available above the tableau. The remaining four cards are dealt to the first four free cells.
Foundations
The four aces, as they become available, are to be moved to a column to the right of the tableau to be built up in suit to kings.
Play
The top card of each tableau pile is available to be built on foundations, another tableau pile, or an empty free cell. Only one card is allowed at a time in a free cell. Cards in the free cells can be played to the foundations or on the tableau. Tableau piles may be built downward in the same suit.
A space in the tableau, by removal of an entire column, may be filled with a king.

Emperor
This is a Forty Thieves variation.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Four rows of ten cards each are dealt, each row overlapping the one above. The first three rows of the tableau are dealt face down, the last face up.
Foundations
The eight aces, as they become available, are to be moved to a row above the tableau and built up in suit to kings.
Play
The bottom card of each column of the tableau is available to be played on foundations or built on other piles. The tableau cards may be built down in alternate color. All face-up cards on a pile may be moved as a unit. Cards on foundation piles may be removed and built on the tableau. A space made by removal of an entire pile may be filled by any available card from the tableau, wastepile, or hand.
Wastepile
Turn up cards from the hand one by one, placing unplayable cards face up on the wastepile. The top card of the wastepile, as well as the card in the hand, is available for play.

Even Up
An excellent children's game designed to teach addition.
Pack
All jacks, queens, and kings are discarded from the pack.
Play
Cards are dealt one at a time from the hand to a single overlapping row. Remove and discard any two adjacent cards whose numerical total is an even number. The game is won if the entire pack is discarded.

Fanny
If Frog comes out too easily for your taste, try Fanny. This variant can pose you difficult problems...and sometimes there is no solution.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Twelve face-up cards are dealt, squared up, and placed to the left to form the stock.
Foundations
The eight aces, as they become available, are placed to the right of the stock to be built up to kings, regardless of suit.
Play
Turn up cards one by one from the hand, placing unplayable cards on any of five wastepiles below the foundations. As many or as few cards may be put in one pile as desired.
Available for play on foundations are the top card of the stock, the top card of each wastepile, and the card turned from the hand.


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