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Octopus

Original Solitaire

Game info: Two-Deck solitaires type; 2 decks (104 cards); 2 redeal

  • Game time: Medium
  • Difficulty level: Easy
  • Skill level: Mostly chance
  • Chance of winning: Medium; about 1 in 9; 11.1%

Object of the game: Move all the cards to the foundations.

Solitaire Rules

Set-Up: An Ace of each suit is removed from the stock to become the foundations.

Foundations (Eight piles starting with Aces)

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

Tableau (Eight piles of five cards each)

  • Build down in suit. For example, a 10 can only be played on a Jack).

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

  • Only one card at a time can be moved.

  • Spaces are automatically filled from the waste or the stock.

Stock

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

  • Two redeals are permitted (three deals in all).

Waste (One pile)

  • The top card is always available for play to the foundations or the tableau.

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