XV

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1 Deck.  Medium (30%).  Mostly Luck.

 

Object

To discard all the cards.

 

Layout

13 tableau piles - the top card is available for play.  Discard pairs of cards that have ranks that add to 15. Aces are discarded in pairs.  Spaces are automatically filled from the stock in the center 3 piles, otherwise in the outer 10 piles spaces are not filled.   At the start of the game 3 cards are dealt face up to 10 piles, 1 card is dealt face up to the center 3 piles.

 

stock (face down, left) - fills spaces in the tableau.

 

waste (lower left)  - Where paired cards go out of play.

 

 

Valid Discards

A-A, 2-K, 3-Q, 4-J, 5-10, 6-9, 7-8

 

History

XV is a variation of Friday and Seventeens.

 

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