// Ranks

ace

deuce

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

jack

queen

king

// Numbers

zero

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

// General

Comments

Also Known As

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Variations

Variation Of

Difference

Cards

One standard deck of 52 cards.

Two standard decks of 52 cards.

Object

Play all cards onto the foundations.

Discard all cards.

Play all the cards to the reserve.

Play all cards to the waste.

Build all cards into ace to king sequences of the same suit.

Play all cards to the tableau forming 13-card sequences.

Redeal

None.

You can redeal the cards once.

You can redeal the cards ¹ times.

The redealt cards are shuffled.

The cards are collected from the tableau.

The cards are collected from the tableau and the tableau is redealt.

The cards are collected from the reserve.

The cards are collected from the reserve and the reserve is redealt.

The cards are collected from the waste.

The cards are collected from the waste and the waste is redealt.

Only the bottom card of the waste is returned to the stock for play.
* Relaxed Rule: The entire waste is returned to the stock.

Shifting

You can shift once.

You can shift ¹ times.

The bottom card of each tableau pile will "shift" to the top.

The bottom card of each reserve pile will "shift" to the top.

The bottom card of the waste pile will "shift" to the top.

// Foundation

Foundations

¹ piles.

Two sets of ¹ piles each.

A set of ¹ piles and a set of ¹ piles.

The base rank will be that of the first card played to a foundation.

On Deal

Empty.

Each pile is dealt a base card.

Each pile of the first set is dealt a base card.

The first pile is dealt a base card.

The first three piles are dealt a base card.

The first pile is dealt one card face up.
The rank of this card becomes the base rank.

The first pile is dealt one card face up.
The rank of this card becomes the base rank.
The next two piles are also dealt a base card.

Three cards are dealt, from which the player will choose one to be the base rank.
The player can survey the layout to decide which rank will be most suitable.

Any base cards dealt to the reserve will be transferred to here.
If none turn up, then one base card will be dealt.

The king of hearts is moved up to the middle from the bottom pile, to sit on display.
The bottom pile will be dealt the next card, an ace.

Play From

Cards can not be played from here.

Cards can be played from here.

Cards from here can only play to another foundation pile.

Play To

You can not play to an empty foundation.

If empty, any ¨ may be played.

If empty, any card whose rank matches the base rank may be played.

If empty, any ¨ may be played.

If empty, any card whose rank matches the anti-base rank may be played.

If empty, any ¨ may be played onto the first set.
If empty, any ¨ may be played onto the second set.

If empty, any card matching the base rank may be played onto the first set.
If empty, any card matching the anti-base rank may be played onto the second set.

You can play a card onto a foundation pile if the card being played

You can play a card onto the first set if the card being played

You can play a card onto the second set if the card being played

You can only play a full sequence which ranks from ace through to king

 has any rank (no rank order)

 ranks one higher

 ranks one lower

 ranks two higher

 ranks two lower

, regardless of suit.

 and is the same suit.

 and is a different suit.

 and is the same suit color.

 and has the opposite suit color.

Rank order wraps from king back to ace.

Building wraps for ¹ complete cycles before completion.

In the first set, building wraps for ¹ complete cycles before completion.

In the second set, building wraps for ¹ complete cycles before completion.

// Tableau

Tableau

One pile.

¹ piles.

On Deal

Empty.

Each pile is dealt one card face up.

Each pile is dealt ¹ cards face up.

Each pile is dealt ¹ cards, with the final ¹ face up.

Each pile is dealt ¹ cards, with the final ¹-¹ face up.

Each pile is dealt between ¹ and ¹ cards face up.

Each pile is dealt between ¹ and ¹ cards, with the final ¹ face up.

Each pile is dealt between ¹ and ¹ cards, with the final ¹-¹ face up.

Kings dealt to the tableau are moved to the bottom of the pile.

Anti-base cards dealt to the tableau are moved to the bottom of the pile.

During the deal, cards not yet laid down will autoplay to the foundation if possible.

During the deal, aces will play to the foundation and be replaced by a new card.

Play From

Cards can not be played from here.

Any single card can be played.

Any card, along with all cards covering it, can be played.

The top-most card of a pile can be played.

The entire pile of face up cards can be played.

The entire pile of face up cards can be played if the top card of the pile is a king.

The entire pile of face up cards can be played if the rank of the top card of the pile matches the anti-base rank.

A group of cards in sequence can be played from the top.

* Relaxed Rule: A sequence with non-matching suits can be played from the top.

When there are no redeals remaining, you get one grace move where you are allowed to move any single card from the middle of a pile.

If the top-most card is face down, it can be flipped face up.

* Relaxed Rule: A group of cards in sequence can be played from the top.

You can play a king to the card under it if it is the same suit.

You can not play from the tableau while there are still cards in the waste.

You can not play from the tableau while there are still cards in the stock.

As a time saver, you can move a sequence of as many cards as there are empty reserve piles, since multiple plays would allow the same result.

Play To

Only the stock can play to here.

Cards can not be played to here.

You can play a card to a card with the same rank

You can play a card to a card whose added rank combines to equal ¹

You can play any card here regardless of rank or suit.

You can play a card to here if the card being played has any rank (no rank order)

Rank is built down.
You can play a card if it ranks one lower than the top-most card of the pile

Rank is built up.
You can play a card if it ranks one higher than the top-most card of the pile

Rank is built up or down.
You can play a card if it ranks one lower or one higher than the top-most card of the pile

Rank is built down in steps of two.
You can play a card if it ranks two lower than the top-most card of the pile

Rank is built up in steps of two.
You can play a card if it ranks two higher than the top-most card of the pile

Rank is built up or down in steps of two.
You can play a card if it ranks two lower or two higher than the top-most card of the pile

, regardless of suit.

 and is the same suit.

 and has the same suit color.

 and has a different suit.

 and has the opposite suit color.

Rank order wraps from king back to ace.

You can not play to an empty pile.

If a pile is empty, you can play any card.

If a pile is empty, you can play a king.

If a pile is empty, you can play a card whose rank matches the anti-base rank.

You can not play to the tableau from another tableau pile.

You can not play to the tableau from the reserve.

The waste can only play to empty tableau piles once the reserve is depleted.

Each pile can only hold one card at a time.

Each pile can only hold a maximum of ¹ cards.

// Reserve

Reserve

You can not play to the reserve from another reserve pile.

You can not play to the reserve from the tableau.

The reserve will always be dealt an ace or king.

You can play a card to a reserve pile only if a card of the same rank has already been played to a previous reserve pile.

If a tableau pile becomes empty, the top card from the reserve is automatically played to it.

Empty reserve piles must be filled before any other play can continue.

Any base cards that are dealt here will be transferred to the foundations.

You can not play from the reserve until the stock has been depleted, at which point the reserve cards will flip face up.

Uses the "Tableau" strings.

// Waste

Waste

Discard pile.

On Deal

Empty.

One card.

¹ cards.

Play From

Cards can not be played from here.

The top card can be played.

A sequence of cards from the top can be played.

If a waste card is played to a foundation pile, it will be replaced by another card from the stock.

On the final redeal, play ends when the waste card can not be played.

Play To

Cards can not be played to here.

Only the stock can play to here.

You can only play to the waste if it is emtpy.

You can play a card to the waste if it has any rank (no rank order)

You can play a card to the waste if it ranks ¸ higher

You can play a card to the waste if it ranks ¸ lower

You can play a card to the waste if it ranks ¸ higher or ¸ lower

, regardless of suit.

 and has the same suit.

 and has the same suit color.

 and has a different suit.

 and has the opposite suit color.

Rank order wraps from king back to ace.

You can not play anything onto a king.

* Relaxed Rule: Rank order wraps from king back to ace.

A card in the waste must be played before another card can be played to it.

The waste can only contain a maximum of ¹ cards.

You can not play to the waste until the stock is empty.

// Stock

Stock

Holds all of the undealt and unplayed cards.

On Deal

Holds the ¹ undealt cards.

Play From

Cards can not be played from here.

Plays one card face up to the waste.

Plays ¹ cards face up to the waste.

The waste must be empty before the stock can play to it.

The stock can not play to the waste if the waste is empty.

The stock will autoplay to the waste if it becomes empty.

Plays one card face up to the top of each tableau pile.

Plays ¹ cards face up to the top of each tableau pile.

If a tableau pile is empty, a card will play to fill it instead of a deal to all piles.
This allows you to fill empty tableau piles from the stock at your discretion.

The tableau must be empty before the stock can play to it.

The stock can not play to the tableau if any piles are empty.

The stock will autoplay to any empty tableau pile.

Before any play from the stock has begun, the stock will autoplay to any empty tableau pile.

Plays one card face up to the top of each reserve pile.

Plays ¹ cards face up to the top of each reserve pile.

Plays one card face down to the top of each reserve pile.

Plays ¹ cards face down to the top of each reserve pile.

The reserve will not be dealt cards on the final redeal.

The reserve must be empty before the stock can play to it.

The stock can not play to the reserve if any piles are empty.

The stock will autoplay to any empty reserve pile.

Turns the top card face up.

Turns the top ¹ cards face up.

When the stock is depleted, the unplayed cards are returned face down to be turned from the stock again.

When the stock reaches the final two cards, they are both flipped face up for play.

Play To

Cards can not be played to here.
