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Rules of the game

Objective

To move all cards to the foundations.

Layout

Seven Reserve Piles. These piles hold 1 card each and can be played onto either the Foundations or the Tableaux. You may not play any cards onto the Reserve Piles.

Four Foundation piles, initially empty. Start building by moving an Ace to the empty foundation, followed by 2, then 3 and so on until King. Each foundation accepts cards of the same suit in ascending order only (UP IN SUIT), i.e. once you play the Ace of Spades on a particular foundation, you may only play 2 of Spades on that foundation, then 3 of Spades, upto the King.

Nine Tableau piles, initially dealt between 1 and 9 face-up cards. Only the topmost card of each Tableau can be moved. Cards can be played onto the tableaux if they are one rank below and of a different color (DOWN IN ALTERNATE COLOR) than the topmost card of the pile, i.e. if the topmost card is 10 of Spades, then either 9 of Hearts or 9 of Diamonds can be played on that pile. Double-clicking the topmost card of a tableau pile will send it to the foundation. This is a shortcut for the sometimes tedious drag-and-drop. An empty tableau may be filled by playing any card onto it.

Tips

Use the Reserve cards carefully. Try keeping the foundations more or less equal in length. While playing, you can press the F1 key to get a list of commands.

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