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# Layout
Three horizontal rows with four face-up cards each are laid out. Below them comes a helper row A line of cards used as a support area in some patience games.
# Objective
At the end, all Kings lie in the top row, all Queens below them, and all Jacks lie in the last row of the tableau.
# Gameplay
The rules for this patience are somewhat different. In the top row, the foundation card is always the 4, followed by the same-suit 7, 10 and finally the King. In the second row, the 3s are the foundation cards, followed by the same-suit 6, 9 and Queen. In the bottom row, you can probably already guess the pattern. Here the 2 is the foundation card, followed by the same-suit 5, 8 and Jack.
Now take a closer look at the tableau (see graphic). Aces are removed from the tableau as well as from the helper row, they are dead cards and do not play. The gaps created can now be filled with matching cards. In the second row, for example, you can place the 3 from the top row and the 4 from the bottom row into the gap freed up in the top row and so on. Now build the subsequent cards according to the above pattern. The 7 from row 2 can then be placed on the 4 in the top row.
If nothing can be played up anymore, place four cards from the stock The talon is the name given to the face-down stack of cards at the start of the game, from which, after being laid out, there are still cards left over that are used for the rest of the game. This packing of cards is also known as a block or draw pile. When cards lie partially on top of each other so that only part of the lower card is visible.
To create certain gaps in the tableau, you also have four cellar cards available. You may therefore place up to four cards from a helper row or from the tableau in the so-called cellar below the helper row. It should be noted, however, that each suit may only occur once at a time. The cards in the cellar can be removed again by placing them on a matching card in the tableau or in an empty gap in the helper row.
# Summary
- Lay out three horizontal rows with four face-up cards each, additionally below them a helper row with four cards
- In the top row the 4 is the foundation card, followed by the same-suit 7, 10 and King
- In the second row the 3 is the foundation card, followed by the same-suit 6, 9 and Queen
- In the bottom row the 2 is the foundation card, followed by the same-suit 5, 8 and Jack
- Aces are removed from the tableau as dead cards, the gaps created can be filled with foundation cards
- If nothing can be played up anymore, four new cards from the stock
Talonstock are placed overlappingThe talon is the name given to the face-down stack of cards at the start of the game, from which, after being laid out, there are still cards left over that are used for the rest of the game. This packing of cards is also known as a block or draw pile.
Overlapping / fannedoverlapping on the helper rowWhen cards lie partially on top of each other so that only part of the lower card is visible.
- Four cellar cards are possible, but each suit may only lie once at a time
- Objective: top row all Kings, second row all Queens and in the bottom row all Jacks