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Napoleon · Game rules

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Goal

Move all cards to the foundations.

How to play

An ace and a king of each suit is dealt to the foundations, and the remaining cards are dealt to twelve piles of eight cards each. Tableau piles are built up or down by same suit, and only single cards can be moved between tableau piles. Any card can fill empty tableau piles.

There are six free cells, one located above each pair of tableau piles. Any single card can be moved to these free cells, but a card can only be moved from the free cells if both of the tableau piles under the cell are empty.

The foundations with aces are built up by same suit from ace to king, and the foundations with kings are built down by same suit from king to ace.

New to solitaire? A few useful terms
Tableau
The main playing area, usually arranged in columns or piles.
Foundation
A destination where cards are collected in the order required by the game.
Stock / talon
Cards waiting to be dealt. A game may allow one pass or several.
Waste
A pile receiving cards turned over from the stock.
Reserve / cell
A holding area. Its capacity and movement rules depend on the game.
Redeal
Another pass through the stock or a redistribution of cards, as specified in that game’s rules.

Game-rule reference adapted from PySolFC documentation, licensed under GPL v3 or later. References describe the game’s mechanics.

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