Hanufada
# Layout
The 52 cards of a simple deck are shuffled well and laid out face-down in four horizontal rows of thirteen cards each. From the last vertical row, take the four cards as a small face-up pile in your hand.
# Objective
At the end, all cards must be laid out face-up and the four Aces remain. If this does not succeed, the patience is lost.
# Gameplay
As long as the top card of the hand pile is not an Ace, it can be placed in any face-down space. Then take the face-down card from there in your hand and put it at the very bottom. However, if the card in your hand is an Ace, then it is placed aside and you have one fewer card in your hand and may not pick one up. Then continue with the next card. If a card of the same value is there (for example, there is a 9 and you have a 9 in your hand), it belongs in the same vertical row. The very last face-down card must be an Ace, otherwise the patience will not succeed anymore, as each Ace placed aside means one fewer card in hand.
# Note
If you want to have a nice card pattern at the end, it’s best to start at the front with the 2 and end at the back ascending with the King. You can also assign a suit to each horizontal row, e.g. always Clubs at the top, then Spades, Hearts and finally Diamonds.
# Summary
- Lay out all cards face-down in four horizontal rows of thirteen cards each
- Take the four cards of the last vertical row in your hand
- Aces go out, meaning you have one fewer card available
- Always exchange one card from your hand face-up with a face-down card
- Objective: transform the face-down tableau into a face-up tableau