Goal
Build sixteen same-suit foundations from ace to king, placing all 208 cards, to win.
Starting layout
Use four decks. Deal ten columns of eight cards, alternating covered and exposed cards with the top exposed. Keep 128 cards in stock. Sixteen foundations start empty.
How to play
Build columns downward in alternating colors. Move an exposed card or a correctly ordered group. Any available card or valid group may fill an empty column; expose each newly uncovered top. Draw one card onto the waste and play only its top to a column or foundation. There is no stock turnover or foundation withdrawal.
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.
Solitaire 1380 game instructions. Game reference.