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solitaire: double or quits rules

Double or Quits
(Mathematical games type; 1 deck; 2 redeals)

Game time: Medium
Difficulty level: Medium
Skill level: Mostly chance
Chance of winning: Very high (about 1 in 2)

Object of the game: To move all the cards to the foundation.

Rules
Foundations
(1 pile between the reserve columns at the bottom: complete this pile to win the game)
·         There is only one foundation, dealt face up from the beginning.
·         Build all the cards onto the foundation regardless of suit, doubling the value of the card that has just been played. If the double of a card exceeds 12, the excess of the double over 13 denotes the card required.

Example. If the foundation card is a 6, you can play a 12 (Queen) on it. The double of 12 (Queen) is 24. This is 11 more than 13 and the next required card must be a 11 (Jack). The sequence is the following:
2 - 4 - 8 - 3 - 6 - Queen (12) - Jack (11) - 9 - 5 - 10 - 7 - A
and so on.
·         Kings are dead cards and a King placed in the reserve must stay there.

Reserve
(7 cards: 2 columns of 3 cards each and 1 card between the columns at the top)
·         Any card is available for play on the foundation.
·         Spaces are automatically filled from the waste or, if none, from the stock.

Stock
·         Turn up one card at a time from the stock to the waste by clicking.
·         There are two redeals (three deals in all).

Waste
(1 pile)

Glossary:
Stock
The portion of the deck that remains at the start of the game after the layout has been dealt. These cards are normally face down. Cards are dealt from the stock, usually one at a time, when no further moves are possible. (also called "Hand")
Rank
The face value or the number of an individual card. Each suit has 13 ranks consisting of 10 numerals (running from Ace (1) to 10) and three face cards (Jack, Queen and King). 5, 7, K are examples of a rank. A Jack of Clubs "ranks" higher than a 10 of Clubs.
Reserve
A group of cards that is dealt at the start of the game and moved to a special part of the layout. Generally, the top-most card is available for play. Unlike the tableau, no packing takes place on the reserve.
Foundation
A pile to which cards are played in a certain sequence in order to complete the game. Foundations are usually built up in ascending suit sequence from Ace to King.
Tableau
The main area of play, consisting of rows or columns, where cards are re-ordered according to the rules of the game and become available for transfer to the foundations.
Suit
There are four suits: Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, Spades. Hearts and Diamonds are red suits - Clubs and Spades are black suits.
Hand
The portion of the deck that remains at the start of the game after the layout has been dealt. These cards are normally face down. Cards are dealt from the stock, usually one at a time, when no further moves are possible. (also called "stock")
Pile
A batch of cards dealt upon each other and squared up in a compact heap.



Updated: August 9, 2005 05:35 PM