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Solitaire 1380AtlasKing's Way

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King's Way

Goal

Move all cards except the kings to the waste stack.

How to play

Deal the eight kings to eight tableau piles. Then, deal five cards on top of each king - the bottom-most one face-down and the others face-up.

Deal cards from the talon one at a time. You can move cards from the tableau to build the waste stack up or down by alternate color. Kings cannot be moved to the waste stack.

There is an additional reserve pile. Aces from the waste stack (not the tableau) may be moved to this reserve. This reserve controls a single redeal - when the talon is empty, you can take one card from the bottom of the tableau for each card in the reserve, and use these cards to build a new talon. You can only do this once.

The game is won if all cards are moved to the waste pile, except for the immovable kings.

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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