Solitaire AtlasBy Solitaire 1380
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Two-Deck game · Game rules

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Goal

Move all the cards to the foundations.

How to play

At the start of the game, one card is dealt to the leftmost of thirteen foundations.

Deal cards from the stock one at a time. You go through the talon twice. During the first deal, each card must be played to one of three special reserve piles. The top card from any of these can be moved to the foundations only. When redealing, these reserve piles are put together to form a new deck. During the second deal, these reserve piles are unused, and cards are simply dealt to the waste pile.

Cards from the waste pile or reserves may be moved to foundations, which are built down by rank, wrapping down from ace to king as necessary. A card cannot be placed in a foundation unless the foundation to the left of it has cards in it. Each foundation starts with a card one rank lower than the foundation to the left of it, and can hold eight cards max.

The game is won if all cards are moved to the foundations.

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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