Nile

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1 Deck.  Medium (80%).  Skill/Luck Balanced.

 

Object

To pair up all the cards in the deck in pairs of cards whose ranks total to 13.

 

Layout

7 tableau piles - Discard pairs of cards whose ranks add to 13.  Kings are discarded singly.  To discard a pair, drop one card on the other, or right-click on one of the cards.   At the start of the game 5 cards are dealt face up to each pile, except for the first and last piles, which are dealt only 4 cards.

 

stock (top left, face down) -  turn over cards one to each waste pile by clicking.  No redeals.

 

2 waste piles (below stock) - The top card is available for play. Discard pairs of cards whose ranks add to 13.  Kings are discarded singly.

 

 

Notes

Any pair of cards whose values add to 13 can be discarded.  The valid pairs are Queen-Ace, Jack-Two, 10-3, 9-4, 8-5, 7-6.  Kings are discarded singly.  To discards Kings, simply click on them.

 

History

Nile is a game of addition to 13 invented by Thomas Warfield.

 

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