General Patience solitaire rules<< Gate | German Patience >>
Also known as:
Thirteen
Examine the cards in the reserve to help you decide which card to choose to become the base rank for the foundations.
Two decks of cards
Object: Play all cards to the foundation.
Tableau: 9 piles.
Rank is built down. Cards must match the same suit.
Empty piles are filled from the waste.
You can not play to the tableau from the reserve.
You can pick up and play the top card of a pile.
Reserve: One pile. 13 cards.
You can pick up and play the top card.
Stock: Holds the 81 undealt cards.
Plays one card face up to the waste.
Waste: Discard pile.
Only the stock can play to here.
You can pick up and play the top card.
Foundation: 8 piles.
4 cards are dealt, from which the player will choose one to be the base rank.
Play the base rank to empty piles.
Rank is built up. Cards must match the same suit.
Rank order wraps from king back to ace.
You can deal the cards again once.
The cards are collected from the waste.
On the final deal, play ends at any time the waste card can not be played.
Variation of:
Queen of Italy
Difference:
All building is done by matching suits rather than alternate suit color.
The reserve is dealt 13 cards rather than 11.
You get one redeal, but play stops when you reach an unusable card.
Solitaire Planet game layouts for General Patience:
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