Solitaire Card Game 5

Maria
This is a Forty Thieves variation.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Four rows of nine cards each are dealt, each row overlapping the one above. This is the tableau.
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. Only one card may be moved at a time. The tableau cards may be built down in alternate color. 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.

Midshipman
This is a Forty Thieves variation that plays like Emperor.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Four rows of nine cards each are dealt, each row overlapping the one above. The first two rows of the tableau are dealt face down, the last two 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.

Miss Milligan
This is a tableau-building game with a twist: multiple cards may be placed on a reserve pile, but only single cards may be moved off.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Eight cards are dealt in a row to form the tableau. One reserve pile is available to the left of the tableau.
Foundations
The eight aces, as they become available, are to be placed in a row above the tableau and built up in suit to kings.
Hand
Whenever play comes to a standstill, deal eight more cards from the hand, one on each tableau pile. Tableau spaces need not be filled before the deal.
Play
Tableau cards 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.
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.
When the hand is empty, any available card or build may be moved to the reserve pile. The top card of the reserve pile is available for play on the foundations or tableau.

Monte Carlo
This simple game involves discarding pairs of adjacent cards.
Layout
Twenty-five cards are dealt in five rows to form the tableau.
Play
Each card may be paired with any adjacent card, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Remove available cards by pairs in rank, regardless of suit, and discard. The game is won if the entire pack is so discarded.
Whenever play comes to a standstill, fill empty spaces in the tableau with cards to the right of the spaces where possible. During this process, the left side of each row is wrapped to right side of the row directly above it. After this process is complete, fill all spaces from the hand.

Mount Olympus
With sixteen foundations and nine tableau piles, there are many opportunities to build the Mount Olympus foundations to victory.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Foundations
The eight aces and eight twos are placed in two rows to form the foundations. The aces are to be built up in suit by twos to kings, and the twos up in suit by twos to queens.
Layout
Nine cards are dealt in a row to form the tableau.
Tableau
Tableau cards may be built down by twos in suit. 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.
Spaces in the tableau are immediately filled from the hand. If the hand is empty, spaces may be filled by available cards from the tableau.
Hand
Whenever play comes to a standstill, deal nine more cards from the hand, one on each tableau pile. Tableau spaces need not be filled before the deal.

Nestor
The layout in this game is simple but spectacular, and play is uncomplicated.
Layout
Six rows of eight cards are dealt, with rows overlapping. Two cards of the same rank will never reside in the same column.
The tableau uses all the cards but four. The remaining four cards form the hand.
Play
The bottom card of each column of the tableau is available. Remove available cards by pairs in rank, regardless of suit, and discard.
When play is blocked, turn up the top card from the hand. Use it if you can, otherwise discard it by double-clicking and turn up the next card. The game is won if the entire tableau is discarded by pairs.

Nivernaise
This game is very similar to Tournament without the advantage of seeing buried cards in tableau piles.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Eight cards are dealt to free cells, four on each side of the tableau piles. Twenty-four cards are then dealt to a row of six tableau piles of four cards each.
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 tableau pile is always available for play on the foundations or on empty free cells. The free cells are available for play on the foundations. A space in the tableau is immediately dealt four cards from the hand. If the hand is empty, spaces are never filled.
Hand
Whenever play comes to a standstill, deal twenty-four more cards from the hand, four on each tableau pile.
Redeal
Two redeals are permitted. After the hand is exhausted and play is at a standstill, the cards are picked up in reverse of the order in which they were dealt to form a new hand.

Number Ten
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 two rows of the tableau are dealt face down, the other two 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. A group on top of a pile, in correct sequence and alternation, may be moved in whole or in part. 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.

Osmosis
Unconventional foundation building makes this game interesting, but not easily won.
Layout
One card is dealt to the first foundation. Sixteen cards are then dealt to four tableau piles with only the top card face-up.
Foundations
The other three cards of same rank as the first foundation are to be moved to the remaining foundations as they become available. Foundations are built in suit, regardless of sequence. Once a foundation is started, any rank present in the foundation immediately above it can be built on it.
Tableau
The top card of each pile is always available for play on the foundations. If the top card is 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.
Hand
When play comes to a standstill, cards are flipped from the hand to the wastepile three at a time. The top card on the wastepile is available for play.
Redeal
Unlimited redeals are permitted.

Patriarchs
The tableau cannot be built in this game, so winning will be largely due to chance.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Foundations
One ace and one king of each suit are placed in two columns 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
Nine cards are dealt to the tableau between the foundations.
Tableau
Each tableau card is always available for play on the foundations. 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.
Redeal
One redeal is permitted.

Peek
In this variation of Osmosis, observe the buried cards and deal a new game if a foundation base is buried under another card of the same suit.
Layout
One card is dealt to the first foundation. Sixteen cards are then dealt face-up to four tableau piles.
Foundations
The other three cards of same rank as the first foundation are to be moved to the remaining foundations as they become available. Foundations are built in suit, regardless of sequence. Once a foundation is started, any rank present in the foundation immediately above it can be built on it.
Tableau
The top card of each pile is always available for play on the foundations. A space by removal of an entire pile is never filled.
Hand
When play comes to a standstill, cards are flipped from the hand to the wastepile three at a time. The top card on the wastepile is available for play.
Redeal
Unlimited redeals are permitted.

Penguin
This game is a FreeCell variation.
Layout
Forty-nine cards are dealt into seven face-up tableau piles. Seven free cells are available above the tableau.
Foundations
The first card dealt to the tableau establishes the rank of the foundations. The remaining three cards of this same rank are to be placed to the foundations during the deal. The foundations are built up in suit until each pile is thirteen cards, wrapping from king to ace as necessary.
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. Groups of cards, in sequence and suit, may be moved as a unit.
A space in the tableau, by removal of an entire column, may be filled with a card one rank below the starting card of the foundations.

Perseverance
This game is a more difficult variation of Baker's Dozen.
Foundations
The four aces are removed from the pack and moved to a column to the right of the tableau to be built up in suit to kings.
Layout
The remainder of the pack is dealt into four rows of twelve face-up cards each, with the rows overlapping.
Play
The top cards of the piles are available to be played on foundations or on each other. On the piles, build down in suit. A group at the top, in correct sequence and suit, may be moved as a unit.
Redeal
Two redeals are permitted. When play comes to a standstill, the cards are picked up from the piles in reverse order in which they were dealt, and dealt again into twelve piles as far as the cards go.

Prince Albert
Although this game is only a slight variation of King Albert, it is much harder to win.
Layout
The completed tableau consists of nine piles increasing in number from one to nine cards, with the top card of each pile dealt face up. The remaining seven cards are dealt to the tableau to form a reserve.
Foundations
The four aces, as they become available, are to be moved to a column and built up in suit to kings.
Play
All reserve cards are available for building on foundations or tableau. The top card of each tableau pile is available to be built on foundations or another tableau pile. Tableau piles may be built downward in alternating colors.
A space in the tableau, by removal of an entire column, may be filled by any available card.

Puss In Corner
This game is a variation of Sir Tommy.
Foundations
The four aces are removed from the pack and placed in a row to form the foundations. Each foundation is to be built up to kings in all the same color (red on red and black on black).
Play
Deal four cards, one by one, placing each on any of four wastepiles below the foundations. Play up what you can. Continue dealing cards one by one and placing them as desired on the four piles. Pause to play up to the foundations only after each group of four cards has been placed. Top cards of wastepiles are available for play on foundations. As many or as few cards may be placed on one pile as desired.
Redeal
One redeal is permitted. After the hand is exhausted and play is at a standstill, the four wastepiles are picked up in the same order they were dealt, turned face down, and dealt again.

Pyramid
The most popular of the Simple Addition family. Although you can rarely win, Pyramid is widely played and has many devoted followers.
Layout
Twenty-eight cards are dealt in a pyramid form. This is accomplished by dealing successive rows of from one to seven cards. Each card is overlapped by two cards of the row below.
A card in the pyramid is available if it is not covered by any other card. At the outset, seven cards of the bottom row are available. Playing two adjacent cards releases one card in the sixth row, etc. To win the game, not only the pyramid but also the wastepile must be cleared away and discarded.
Play
From the available cards, remove and discard singly all of the kings and all other pairs that total thirteen. Aces count as one, jacks count as eleven, and queens as twelve.
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. Note that a card turned up from the hand may be matched with a card on the wastepile.


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