Calico Bandits of Cairo

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4 Decks.  Medium (80%).  Mostly Skill.

 

Object

To move all the cards to the foundations.

 

Layout

8 foundation piles (across top) - build up in suit from Ace to King, wrapping from King to Ace as necessary, until each pile contains 26 cards. Only two piles for each suit allowed.

 

13 tableau piles (below foundations) - build down by alternate color, wrapping from Ace to King as necessary.  Groups of cards in sequence down by alternate color may be moved as a unit.  Spaces may be filled only by Kings.  At the start of the game 1 card is dealt to the first pile, 3 to the 2nd, 5 to the 3rd, 7 to the 4th, 9 to the 5th, 11 to the 6th, 13 to the 7th, 12 to the 8th, 10 to the 9th, 8 to the 10th, 6 to the 11th, 4 to the 12th, and 2 to the 13th.

 

stock (top left, face down) - turn over 1 card at a time to the waste by clicking.  One redeal.

 

waste (next to stock) - top card is available for play on the foundations or tableau.

 

Options

AutoPlay

 

History

Calico Bandits of Cairo is a 4 deck version of Thieves of Egypt invented by Thomas Warfield.

 

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