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Merlin

Original Solitaire

Game info: Spider type; 2 decks (104 cards); no redeal

  • Game time: Long
  • Difficulty level: Hard
  • Skill level: Mostly skill
  • Chance of winning: Low; about 1 in 10; 10%

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

Solitaire Rules

Foundations (Eight piles)

  • For the first four foundations (left): build up in color (red on red, black on black regardless of suit) from Ace to King. For example, a 2 can be played on an Ace or on an Ace .

  • For the last four foundations (right): build in the tableau four sequences of thirteen cards in color (red on red, black on black regardless of suit) from King to Ace. When a King suite is completed, it is automatically removed from the tableau to these piles.

  • Single cards are not allowed in the last four foundations.

Tableau (Ten columns)

  • Build down in color (red on red, black on black regardless of suit). For example, a 10 can be played on a Jack .

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

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

  • Spaces may be filled with any available card or packed sequence.

Stock

  • Click once on the stock to deal a row of cards on the tableau.

  • There is no redeal.

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