Two-Deck game · Game rules

Saxony

Goal

Move all the cards to the foundations.

At a glance

Like Tournament, but with eight tableau piles with one card each, and no building is allowed on the tableau. The four reserve piles on the left can be built down by same suit, while the four on the right are single card free cells.

Base game rules: Tournament

Goal

Move all the cards to the foundations.

How to play

Eight cards are dealt out to two columns of four free cells. These cards must contain at least one ace or king - if they do not, they are immediately redealt. Then, cards are dealt to six tableau piles of four cards each.

There are two sets of foundations, one built up by same suit from ace to king, and the others built down by same suit from king to ace. Each set contains one foundation of each suit. Cards from the free cells or the tableau can be moved to the foundations, but building on the tableau is not allowed. Empty free cells can be filled with any card from the tableau.

When a tableau pile is empty, four cards from the talon are dealt to fill it. When there are no moves left, you can deal four cards from the talon to each tableau pile.

Once the talon is empty, you can combine the tableau piles, placing the rightmost one on top of the next rightmost one, and so on. You can redeal like this twice in the game.

The game is won when 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.