Solitaire Card Game 6

Queen of Italy
Careful consideration must be given when choosing the foundation base in this game, as it greatly impacts the chance of winning.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Above the foundation row, eleven face-up cards are dealt in a single pile to form the reserve. Below the foundation row, four face-up cards are dealt to the first four tableau piles. Any card may be chosen from the tableau to start the first foundation. After the first foundation card is played, six face-up cards are dealt to the remaining tableau piles.
Foundations
The other seven 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 alternating colors until each pile is thirteen cards.
Tableau
Tableau cards may be built down in alternating colors. Kings may be built on aces. The top card of each pile is always available.
Spaces in the tableau are immediately filled from the wastepile or hand. If the hand is empty, spaces are never filled.
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.

Rainbow
This game is a Canfield variation.
Layout
Four face-up cards are dealt to form the tableau piles. To the left of this, thirteen 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 in alternating colors. The top card or an entire pile may be moved during 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.

Rank and File
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. 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.

Rouge et Noir
Like Busy Aces, Rouge et Noir is a basic type from which many other solitaires have been derived. The alternate color rule of building makes it much easier to win then Busy Aces.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Foundations
The eight aces are dealt to a row above the tableau to be built up in alternate colors to kings.
Tableau
Below the foundations, a row of eight cards is dealt to form the tableau. These cards may be built on each other downward in alternate color. Only one card at a time may be moved in building. The top card of a tableau pile is always available for play upon another pile or foundation.
Spaces in the tableau may be filled only 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.

Royal Cotillion
Bring the Kings and Queens together in the Royal Cotillion.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
Twelve cards are dealt in three rows to the left of the foundations. Sixteen cards are then dealt in four rows to the right of the foundations. These cards form the tableau.
Foundations
One ace of each suit and one two of each suit, as they become available, are to be placed in two columns between the two tableau sections. The aces are to be built up by twos in suit to queens, the twos up by twos in suit to kings. Each finished foundation will have thirteen cards.
Tableau
Each tableau card to the left of the foundations is available for play on the foundations if there is no card directly below it. Each tableau card to the right of the foundations is always available for play on the foundations.
Tableau spaces to the left of the foundations are never filled. Tableau spaces to the right of the foundations 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.

Royal Rendezvous
Complete all the foundations to see the Royal Rendezvous.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Foundations
One ace of each suit is placed in a row. The remaining four aces and one two of each suit are placed in a second row. These two rows form the foundations.
The upper four aces are to be built up in suit to queens, the lower four aces up by twos in suit to kings, and the twos up by twos in suit to queens. The remaining four kings are to be placed in the upper row to the sides of the original ace foundations if a king of the same suit is present in the lower row.
Layout
Sixteen cards are dealt in two rows to form the tableau.
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.

Scorpion
Although largely mechanical, Scorpion is a highly colorful way of finding out if the chance of the deal has created any "crisscrosses." Where none exist, you are bound to win.
Layout
A row of seven cards, four face down and three face up, is dealt to the tableau. Two more rows are dealt the same way upon the first. Four more rows, all face up, are then dealt. The tableau thus comprises forty-nine cards. The remaining three cards are left in the hand.
Play
The next-lower in suit may be placed upon the top card of a tableau pile, except that nothing can be built upon an ace. Available for building is any card face up in the tableau, regardless of how deeply buried. Such card, together with all that cover it, may be picked up and moved as a unit.
Whenever all face-up cards are cleared off a pile, the exposed face-down card on one pile is turned up and becomes available.
A space in the tableau, by removal of an entire pile, may be filled only by a king, or by a group with a king at the bottom.
The game is won if all four suits become assembled in descending sequence upon the kings.
Hand
When play comes to a standstill, deal the three cards to each of the first three tableau piles. It is not obligatory to fill spaces before dealing.

Shamrocks
This game rivals its cousin, La Belle Lucie, in popularity. In Shamrocks, there is more chance that the layout will present no possible move, but also a better possibility of winning if you can get started at all.
Layout
The pack is dealt into seventeen piles of three face-up cards with one card left over. If any king lies over a lower card of the same suit in the same pile, the king is moved below that card.
Foundations
The four aces, as they become available, are to be placed in a column and built up in suit to kings.
Play
Only one card at a time may be moved from the top of a pile. Top cards are available for building on foundations, or building up or down on each other without regard to suit. However, each pile may only consist of three cards. Thus, the layout is blocked if no ace is on top of a pile and no build can be made to the single card. A space by removal of an entire pile is never filled.

Simplicity
This variation of Four Seasons was probably invented to give emotional relief to frustrated devotees of Four Seasons.
Layout
Two rows of six cards each are dealt to form the tableau. The next card is dealt to a row above the tableau for the first foundation.
Foundations
The other three cards of same rank as the first foundation are to be moved to the row above the tableau as they become available. The foundations are built up in suit until each pile is thirteen cards, aces following kings.
Tableau
Tableau cards may be built on each other downward, in alternating colors. The sequence is circular, making ace and king adjacent in rank. Only one card at a time may be moved from the top of a pile. Spaces may be filled by available cards from the tableau, wastepile, or hand. Top cards of the piles are available to be played on the foundations.
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.

Sir Tommy
A derivative of Auld Lang Syne, with the very vital difference of a choice in placing cards from the hand.
Foundations
The four aces, as they become available, are are to be placed in a row and built up to kings, regardless of suit.
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.

Spider
The many devotees of Spider claim it as the king of all solitaires. Certainly few others can give you quite the same combination of luck of the deal plus extraordinary opportunities to overcome bad luck with skill.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
A row of ten cards are dealt face down, followed by three more rows face down on top of the first row. Four more cards are dealt face down to make a total of forty-four cards face down. A row of ten cards is then dealt face up on the piles.
Play
All plays are carried out on the ten piles which are both the tableau and the foundations. The top card on each pile is available. Cards can be built on each other downward, regardless of suit. The sequence ends with an ace. The king may not be built on it.
A group on top of a pile, in suit and in correct sequence, may be moved in whole or in part. Hence, there is a premium upon making the "natural" builds in suit, when possible.
On removing the last face-up card from a pile, turn up the top face-down card, which then becomes available.
A space created by removal of an entire pile may be filled by an available card or group.
The object of play is to gather an entire suit of thirteen cards in ascending sequence from ace to king, from the top to bottom. When a suit is so assembled and is available, it can be taken off the tableau and discarded. This is accomplished by double-clicking any card withing the sequence. To win the game, all eight suits must be properly assembled and then discarded.
Any assembled suit can be discarded when you choose to do so. There may be an advantage in breaking it up to help straighten other suits.
Hand
After play on the original layout comes to an standstill, ten more cards can be dealt from the hand, one on each pile. Continue in the same way, dealing a new row of ten cards and then pausing to play. Every space in the tableau must be filled before a new row can be dealt.

Spiderette
Patterned after the two-pack game Spider, Spiderette is much more difficult to win.
Layout
Deal twenty-eight cards in seven piles, in the same manner as for Klondike.
Play
All building is on tableau piles. The top card on each pile is available. Cards can be built on each other downward, regardless of suit. The sequence ends with an ace. The king may not be built on it.
A group on top of a pile, in suit and in correct sequence, may be moved in whole or in part. Hence, there is a premium upon making the "natural" builds in suit, when possible.
On removing the last face-up card from a pile, turn up the top face-down card, which then becomes available.
A space created by removal of an entire pile may be filled by an available card or group.
The object of play is to gather an entire suit of thirteen cards in ascending sequence from ace to king, from the top to bottom. When a suit is so assembled and is available, it can be taken off the tableau and discarded. This is accomplished by double-clicking any card withing the sequence. To win the game, all four suits must be properly assembled and then discarded.
Any assembled suit can be discarded when you choose to do so. There may be an advantage in breaking it up to help straighten other suits.
Hand
After play on the original layout comes to an standstill, seven more cards can be dealt from the hand, one on each pile. Continue in the same way, dealing a new row of seven cards and then pausing to play. Every space in the tableau must be filled before a new row can be dealt. The last three cards of the pack are dealt on the first three tableau piles.

Square
This game is a Deuces variation.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Foundations
The eight deuces, as they become available, are to be placed in two rows to form the foundations. These foundations are to be built up in suit to aces (coming after kings).
Layout
Twelve more cards are dealt around four 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.

St. Helena
This two-deck game is very 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.
Layout
The rest of the pack is dealt out into twelve piles around the foundations.
Play
After the first deal, tableau piles in the top row are available for play on king foundations, tableau piles in the bottom row are available for play on ace foundations, and tableau piles on the sides are available for play to any foundations.
After the second and third deals, all tableau piles are available for play to any foundations.
Tableau piles are always available for play on each other. Building on the tableau may go up or down, regardless of suit. The sequence is not circular; only a deuce may be placed on an ace, only a queen on a king.
A space made by removal of an entire pile may be filled by any available card from the tableau.
Redeal
Two redeals are permitted.

Storehouse
A game of the Canfield type that is considerably easier to win.
Foundations
The four deuces are placed in a row to form the foundations and are to be built up in suit to aces.
Layout
Four face-up cards are dealt to form the tableau piles. To the left of this, thirteen face-up cards are dealt and squared up to form the stock.
Play
Tableau cards may be built on each other downward in suit. An entire pile is 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.
Redeal
Two redeals are permitted.

Strategy
The name of this Sir Tommy variation is not misleading: strategic placement of the hand is necessary for victory.
Foundations
The four aces are dealt to a row above the tableau to form the foundations, to be built up in suit to kings.
Play
Deal the entire pack, one by one, placing each card on any one of the eight tableau piles. As many or as few cards may be placed on one pile as desired. After the deal is complete, the top card of each pile is available for play on the foundations. If the hand is empty, spaces are never filled.

Streets and Alleys
This is Beleaguered Castle made more difficult, but it is unlikely that you will find the original game too easy.
Foundations
The four aces, as they become available, are to be moved to a column in the center of the tableau and built up in suit to kings.
Layout
The cards are dealt into two wings of a tableau, one on each side of the foundations. A wing is made up of four rows of seven cards each on the left wing and six cards each on the right wing.
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.

Sultan of Turkey
The intended final picture shows the lone monarch surrounded by his harem. Only an exceptional run of cards can deprive you of this winning view.
Pack
Two decks are used.
Layout
The eight kings and one ace of hearts are removed from the pack. They are dealt in three rows with a king of hearts in the center to form the foundations. A column of four cards is dealt to each of side of the foundations to form the tableau.
Foundations
You cannot build on the central king of hearts. All other kings are to be built up in suit to queens. The ace of hearts is to be built up in suit to the queen.
Play
All cards in the tableau are available for play to 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
Two redeals are permitted.


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