Polymorphic Solitaire
Last Update: Dec 23, 2014
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Neptune Rules

Rules for Neptune Solitaire

Play Neptune

Description:

A game where you remove pairs of consecutive cards.

Note that it is impossible to remove all cards. There will always be at least four left behind. You win if you get it down to just four.

Since suits don't matter in this game, and in honor of the name of the game, politaire uses a deck of green trident cards. You could, of course, play with a standard deck.

Cards:

Four decks each containing only one suit of tridents.

Goal:

Remove pairs of cards that are in sequence. Thus the list of legal pairs that can be removed is:
Ace-Two, Two-Three, Three-Four, Four-Five, Five-Six, Six-Seven, Seven-Eight, Eight-Nine, Nine-Ten, Ten-Jack, Jack-Queen, or Queen-King.
Aces cannot be removed with Kings.

You win if you successfully remove all but four cards.

Foundation:

There a single foundation pile where removed cards are stacked.

Tableau:

Eight tableau piles of one card each. All cards are dealt face up.

No building is permitted on the tableau

Cards on the tableau are available for play.

Empty spaces in the tableau are automatically filled with a card from the stock. If the stock is empty, then empty spaces in the tableau may not be filled.

Stock:

The remaining cards form the stock.

Cards cannot be manually removed from the stock.

Common Variations:

The victory condition used here is a wee bit tougher than usual. Normally, it is counted as a win if you empty the stock. But the game is easy enough that I think it is more fun to require that all but four cards be removed.

Similar Games:

Shuffle (Play) (Rules)
A version of Neptune where you can also pair kings with aces.

References:

Pretty Good Solitaire