Domino

= Shunting Yard
52 cards
1 player
medium

Domino, also called Shunting Yard, requires constant high attention and a certain amount of forward planning. Only then does the patience succeed often.

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# Layout

Four horizontal rows with thirteen face-up cards each are laid out. Then the four Aces are removed and placed in front of the first vertical column (see second graphic). The Ace goes at the top row, below it Ace, Ace and finally the Ace.

The first layout with space for the Aces.

With the gaps created, you can move cards.

# Objective

At the end, the four families must lie from the left Ace ascending to the King on the far right.

# Gameplay

After the four Aces have been placed in front of the foremost vertical column, you can use the gaps created to place other cards from the tableau into them. It should be noted that the card must then have either the same-suit higher value of the front card next to the gap or the same-suit lower value of the rear card. For example, only a 4 or a 9 may go in the empty space of the first horizontal row (see second graphic). This gradually creates more gaps. A gap after a King is bad, because only an Ace would fit behind it. But the Aces remain in their positions.

When the patience stalls and no more cards can be moved, the cards are picked up one by one from the top right. But only the cards that are not properly positioned in the family. Then the pile is turned over and the cards are laid out again. A gap is left behind the family (see lower graphic). Thirteen cards then lie in a horizontal row again. You may do this three times. If the families have not been completely laid after that, then the patience has not succeeded.

The graphic shows the tableau after the second layout.

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