Pyramid

In this patience, you must pay close attention to the laid out tableau and not miss any chance to play up. The rest depends entirely on luck.

# Layout

The four Aces are placed next to each other above the tableau at the beginning. Only then are the cards shuffled. Now you lay out the cards in the form of a pyramid. So you start at the top in the center with one card, below it then 2, 3, 4 and in the last row finally five cards.

# Objective

You must try to build up on all Aces in the same suit up to the King. At the end, only four card piles remain and the tableau is used up.

# Gameplay

All subsequent cards in the tableau are played up (e.g. 2). The empty spaces are filled with new cards from the stock. If nothing can be played up anymore, cards are gradually placed from the stock below the tableau on an open pile. Now you must always check whether a card can be played up. The stock may only be gone through once in total. This means the pile must be resolved from the top. If you don’t manage this, the Pyramid has not succeeded.

# Summary

• Place four Aces at the top, then shuffle
• Lay out cards in the form of a pyramid: one card at the top, below it 2, 3, 4 and at the very bottom five cards
• Place same-suit subsequent cards ascending on the Aces, fill empty spaces with cards from the stock
• If nothing works, place cards from the stock on an open pile, stock may only be gone through once
• Objective: build up in the same suit on the Aces up to the King