La Nivernaise

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2 Decks.  Hard (5%).  Mostly Luck.

 

Object

To move all the cards to the foundations.

 

Layout

8 foundation piles (top) - build the piles on the left up in suit from Ace to King, build the piles on the right down in suit from King to Ace.  Each group of 4 piles should have a pile of each suit.

 

6 tableau piles (face up in the middle) - top card is available for play on the foundations or reserves.  Spaces are filled by a group of 4 cards from the stock.  No building.  At the start of the game 4 cards are dealt to each pile, only the top card is visible.

 

8 reserve piles (left and right sides) - each pile can contain 1 card from the tableau, available for play on the foundations.  At the start of the game 1 card is dealt face up to each pile.

 

stock (top, face down) - clicking deals 4 cards to each tableau pile.  There are 2 redeals.  (During a redeal all the cards in the tableau are collected and all the cards are redealt to the tableau.

 

Options

AutoPlay

 

Notes

When the foundations piles of the same suit meet, is its allowable (and encouraged) to move cards from one foundation to the other.

 

Tips

Try to keep at least one reserve open.  Don't put cards on the reserve that will stay there for a long time.

 

History

La Nivernaise is an older version of Tournament.

 

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