Simple Pairs

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1 Deck.  Medium (37%).  All Luck.

 

Object

To discard all the cards in pairs.

 

Layout

9 tableau piles - the top card is available for play.  Pair up cards of the same rank.  Spaces are automatically filled from the stock.  At the start of the game 1 card is dealt face up to each pile.

 

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

 

waste (under stock)  - Where paired cards go out of play.

 

History

Simple Pairs was probably one of the first pairing games. Vertical and Nestor are more complicated versions of this type of game.

 

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