Rules for Bureau Solitaire

Description:

This game has rules similar to Klondike, except you build the foundation in alternate colors and cannot fill spaces in the tableau.

Cards:

Two standard decks. Since color matters but suits don't, politaire substitutes a two-suit deck of cards..

Goal:

Move all cards to the foundation.

Foundation:

Four foundation piles.

Any ace may be moved to any empty pile in the foundation.

A card may be added onto a foundation pile if it is one higher than the old top card of the pile and of the opposite color.Thus, the only card that could be played on a J♠ would be a Q♥. No pile may contain more than 13 cards.

Once on the foundation, cards may not be moved back off..

Tableau:

Thirteen tableau piles of four cards each, splayed downward. The odd numbered cards in each pile are dealt face down, all others are face up.

A card may be added onto a tableau pile if it is one lower than the old top card of the pile and of the opposite color.Thus, the only card that could be played on a Q♥ would be a J♠.

Cards on the tableau that are not under another card are available for play onto the foundation or any non-empty tableau pile.

Empty spaces in the tableau may not be filled.

Groups of cards in sequence down may be moved from one tableau column to another if the cards are alternately red and black.

Stock and Waste:

The remaining cards form the stock and there is one waste pile.

Each time you click on the stock, one card will be dealt from the stock to the waste. Two passes through the stock are permitted.

The top card of the waste is available for play to any non-empty tableau pile or the foundation.

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References:

BVS Solitaire Collection