2 Decks. Hard (30%). Skill/Luck balanced.
Object
To move all the cards to the .
Layout
• | 8 piles (in center box) - build top 4 from King to Ace (King-foundations) and bottom 4 from Ace to King (Ace-foundations). At the start of the game an Ace and King of each suit is dealt here. See building restriction note below. |
• | 12 piles (around ) - build (no ). The top card is available for play on the (see building restriction below) or another pile. Only one card at a time may be moved. Empty piles are not filled. At the start of the game 8 cards are dealt face up to each pile (only the top card can be seen). |
• | indicator (top left, no cards with green) - click to redeal the cards. There are two . ( in this game cannot be Undone). |
Notes
• | The top card of each pile is available for play on the , with one exception: until the first , cards from the piles above the King-foundations can only be played to the King-foundations, and cards from the piles below the Ace-foundations can only be played to the Ace-foundations. Cards from the sides can be played anywhere, and after the first , cards from any pile can be played to any . |
• | In a the cards are not shuffled. Rather, each pile is picked up in counter-clockwise order, and then the cards are dealt back to each pile clockwise. You cannot undo a . |
History
St. Helena is a classic solitaire game known by many other names, such as Napoleon's Favorite or Washington's Favorite.
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