Farmer's Wife

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1 Deck.  Medium (40%).  Mostly Skill.

 

Object

To group all the cards into 4 sets of 13 cards in sequence down by alternate color from King to Ace within the tableau.

 

Layout

10 tableau piles (top) - build down by alternate color.  Groups of cards (regardless of any sequence) can be moved.  Fill spaces with Kings or groups of cards headed by a King.   At the start of the game 5 cards are dealt to each pile.  In the rightmost 3 piles, 3 cards are face down and 2 face up, in the other piles all cards are face up.

 

reserve (bottom left) - both cards are available for play in the tableau at any time.

 

Notes

Any face up card, regardless of where in a pile it is, can be moved, along with all cards above it (this is like Yukon).

 

History

Farmer's Wife is a variation of Three Blind Mice.

 

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