Rules for Shady Lanes Solitaire

Description:

A difficult game with four reserve piles and four tableau piles.

Cards:

Two standard decks.

Goal:

Move all cards to the foundation.

Foundation:

Eight 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 same suit.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..

Reserve:

There are four reserves, initially containing one card each. It is not possible to move any cards into the reserves. The top card of each reserve can be played to the tableau or the foundation.

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

Tableau:

Four tableau piles of one card each, splayed downward. All cards are dealt 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 cards that could be played on 4♠ would be 3♥ or 3♦.

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 be filled by any card from the reserve. They may not be filed from the waste or other tableau piles.

Only one card may moved at a time, never sequences.

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. Only one pass through the stock is 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:

Pretty Good Solitaire
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