Colorado Solitaire Rules

Colorado SolitaireNumber of Decks: 2

Initial Layout: Leave space for eight foundations at the top of the layout. Below them, deal twenty cards face-up to form the tableau. The remainder of the cards for the stock.

Object: Build the first four foundations up in suit from ace to king. Build the second four foundations down in suit from king to ace.

Play: Only the top of each tableau pile is available for play, and may only be played to a foundation. There is no movement of cards within the tableau.

Turn cards from the stock one at a time onto a wastepile. Cards from the wastepile may be added to any tableau pile, regardless of suit or value. Spaces in the tableau are filled from the stock.

The game is won when all cards have been moved to the Foundations.

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