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Pyramid Solitaire

Description

 

Name: Pyramid
Other Names: Pile Of Twenty-Eight, Triangle
Number Of Decks: 1

Pyramid is one of the best-known and well-loved solitaire card games. It's easy to learn, but difficult to win, and offers plenty of room for skillful play. As you play the game more, you'll find that there is more to it than appears at first glance.

Pyramid is one of the very best of the "simple addition" games, where the object is to remove pairs of cards totalling a certain amount (in this case, thirteen).

Setup / Rules

 

The game is begun by dealing 28 cards, face up, to the "tableau" in the form of a pyramid (or triangle). The remaining 24 cards form the "stock". The "waste" pile is initially empty. The layout will look something like this:

The object of the game is to remove all the cards from the stock, tableau, and waste. Cards are removed singly or in pairs that add up to 13, regardless of suit. Kings count as 13, Queens as 12, Jacks as 11, and all other cards as their face value (Ace = 1).

These are the valid moves:

Only cards that are completely visible are available for play. The top card of the wastepile, if any, is also available for play. If the top card of the stock cannot be played, move it to the wastepile.

When all the stock cards have been played or moved to the wastepile, you can move all the cards from the waste back into the stock. In this way, you can go through the deck up to three times.

The game is won if you remove all the cards from the tableau, stock, and waste.