Solitaire Collection

Original Solitaire

Game info: Two-Deck game type; 2 deck (104 cards); no redeal

• Game time: Long
• Difficulty level: Medium
• Skill level: Moderate
• Chance of winning: Low; about 1 in 20; 5%

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

Solitaire Rules

• At the beginning of the game, one Ace is taken from the stock and placed on the first foundation.

Foundations (8 piles; complete these piles to win the game)

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

• You must complete the first foundation before starting the second and so on.

Tableau (8 columns)

• Build down regardless of suit.

• It is only permitted to place cards in the tableau columns under where an Ace has already been played.

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

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

Stock

• Deal from the stock to the waste pile until you find a Two to play on the Ace or any card that you want to place in the space exactly below the first Ace.

• There is no redeal.

Waste (1 pile)

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

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