Countess
52 cards
medium
Goal
- Build all 4 foundations completely.
Foundation
- Build on the foundations ascending in the same suit.
- The base rank of the foundations is determined by the first card turned face up; all four foundations start with the same rank.
Tableau
- In the tableau you build descending (A and K are considered neighbors) in alternating colors.
- Descending, alternating-color sequences may be moved as a whole.
- Empty columns may be filled with any card.
Reserve
- There are 4 reserve piles.
- The reserve consists of 3 cards per pile.
- Only the top card of the reserve is playable.
Stock
- The number of cards drawn decreases with each pass: 1. pass: 3 cards, 2. pass: 2 cards, 3. pass: 1 card.
- The stock may be redealt 3 times in total.
Waste
- Only the top card of the waste pile is playable.