Solitaire Collection

Original Solitaire

Game info: One-deck type; 1 deck (52 cards); unlimited redeals

• Game time: Medium
• Difficulty level: Easy
• Skill level: Mostly chance
• Chance of winning: Medium; about 1 in 5; 20%

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

Solitaire Rules

Set-Up: At the beginning of the game, the four Sevens are placed overlapped in a column between the foundations. They take no active part in the game.

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

• Build the Ace foundations up in suit from Ace to 6 (for example, a 2 can only be played on an Ace).

• Build the King foundations down in suit from King to 8 (for example, a Queen can only be played on a King).

Reserve (1 pile)

• Place a card from the waste, at any time during the play, as advantageous.

• The reserve can hold only one card.

• The reserve card is available at all times for play to the foundations.

Stock

• Click once on the stock to deal a packet of four cards at a time to the waste.

• Unlimited redeals are permitted until the game is blocked or won.

Waste (1 pile)

• The top card can be played to the foundations or to the reserve.

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