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1 Deck.  Medium (40%).  Skill/Luck balanced.

 

Object

To move all the cards from the other tableau piles to the center Keystone pile.

 

Layout

7 tableau piles (center) - no building, except on the center pile (called the "Keystone").  On the Keystone, build up or down by suit, or up or down by twos regardless of suit (a Two can be played on a King, an Ace can be played on a Queen, a vice versa).  Only one card at a time can be moved.  Spaces are not filled.  At the start of the game 4 cards are dealt to the first and seventh piles, 3 cards are dealt to the second and sixth piles, 2 cards are dealt to the third and fifth piles, and once card is dealt to the center Keystone pile.  All cards are face up.

 

stock (face down, top left) - Turn over cards one at a time to the waste pile.  No redeals.

 

waste (beside stock) - The top card of the waste pile is available for play on the Keystone.

 

 

Notes

The game is won when all of the cards in the tableau are in the center Keystone pile.  There may be cards left over in the stock and waste piles, these cards do not matter.  The object is just to move all of the cards out of the other 6 tableau piles.