(Forty thieves type; 2 decks; 1 redeal)

Game time: Long Difficulty level: Medium Skill level: Moderate Chance of winning: High (about 1 in 3)

Object of the game: To move all the cards to the foundations.

Solitaire Rules

• An Ace of each suit are removed from the stock, to become the foundations.

Foundations

(8 piles: complete these piles to win the game)

• Build up in suit from Ace to King (for example, a 2 can be played on an Ace).

Tableau

(48 cards in 12 columns of 4 cards each)

• Build down in alternating colors (for example, a 10 can be played on a Jack).

• The top card of each pile is available for play to another tableau pile or to the foundations.

• A packed sequence, or any portion of it, may be moved to another tableaupile.

• Spaces are filled with any available card or packed sequence.

Stock

• For three times, click once on the stock to deal a new row of cards to the tableau.

• Then, turn up one card at a time from the stock to the waste by clicking.

• One redeal is permitted (two deals in all).

Waste

(1 pile)

• The top card is available for play on the foundations or on the reserve.