Straights and Pairs

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1 Deck.  Medium (75%).  Mostly Skill.

 

Object

To move all the cards to the foundations.

 

Layout

4 foundation piles (bottom) - build up in suit from Ace to King.

 

13 tableau piles - while there are cards remaining in the stock, discard pairs of cards of the same rank to the waste pile. Spaces will be automatically filled from stock.  When the stock is empty, build down regardless of suit.  Spaces may be filled by Kings.

 

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

 

waste (lower left)  - Where paired cards go.  Once the stock is empty, these cards may be played to the foundations or tableau.

 

 

History

Straights and Pairs was invented by Thomas Warfield.

 

 

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