Ultimate Book of Card Games: The Comprehensive Guide to More Than 350 Games by Scott McNeely Page A
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foundations (move aces up as they become available) or another tableau pile, building in ascending or descending order by suit. You may move only one card at a time. The stock serves only one purpose: to fill empty spaces in the tableau (with three replacement cards). Otherwise, you may not play cards from the stock.
Once you no longer can move or build, it’s time for a redeal. Pick up all cards
not
in a foundation, shuffle, and deal as many three-card tableau piles as possible. You are allowed two redeals.
INTERREGNUM
DIFFICULTY :
medium
TIME LENGTH :
short
DECKS : 2
An interregnum is the period between the reigns of successive kings, popes, or governments. The name is a nod to the game’s unique layout, featuring a row of cards that dictate how the hand must evolve. The odds of winning are 1 in every 7 hands.
HOW TO DEAL Start with two fifty-two-card decks (104 cards total), and deal eight cards, face up, in a row. These are your “topper” cards. Leave an empty row below the toppers for your foundations, and below that deal another row of eight cards, face up. These are your tableau piles.
WINNING The goal is to build eight foundation piles, each with thirteen cards organized by ascending rank (suits and colors do not matter). This game allows continuous ranking .
The complication is that each foundation must start with a card one rank higher than the topper card above it. So a 7 of hearts topper, for example, requires the foundation below it to start with any eight and build from there in ascending rank. When the foundation reaches twelve cards, the topper card is added to the pile, making thirteen cards total, and the entire pile is set aside. The game ends when all eight foundations are set aside.
HOW TO PLAY Move foundation cards as they become available. You may not build or move cards among tableau piles; cards may be moved only from the tableau to the foundations. Once all moves are exhausted, deal eight new tableau cards from the stock. You are allowed one redeal.
INTRIGUE
DIFFICULTY :
low
TIME LENGTH :
medium
DECKS : 2
Intrigue has plenty to recommend it. The odds of winning are good (1 in every 3 games), and yet it’s not a blind-luck game. You need to concentrate in order not to miss the obvious plays.
HOW TO DEAL Shuffle two fifty-two-card decks (104 cards total), and remove a random queen. This is your first tableau card. Next, continue dealing cards, face up, on the queen until one of three things happens: you turn up a 6 (which you then should move to the foundation row above); you turn up a 5 (which you then should move to the foundation row below); or you turn up another queen (with which you should start a new tableau pile). Continue until the last queen is dealt.
WINNING Build sixteen total foundation piles: eight piles above, built in ascending rank from 6 to jack regardless of suit; and eight piles below, built in descending rank from 5 to king. This game allows continuous ranking, and suits do not matter.
HOW TO PLAY There is no redeal, so take a minute to review the board after you deal that final queen. The topmost tableau cards may be played to the foundations or—this is the
only
tableau building allowed in Intrigue— on an uncovered queen. An uncovered queen is considered a “vacant” space, and any available card may be played to it.
The topmost stock card may be played to the foundations or any tableau pile. When the stock runs out, the game is over.
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VARIATION: LAGGARD LADY
The rules are exactly as above, with one critical difference. You may not move 5s or 6s to the foundations faster than you deal queens to the tableau. For example, with four queens on the tableau and four 6s in the foundations, the next 6 turned up may not be played to the foundations. Instead, it must be played to the tableau, which makes it harder to retrieve later in the game once all queens are dealt.
JUBILEE
DIFFICULTY :
low
TIME LENGTH :
short
DECKS : 2
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Once you no longer can move or build, it’s time for a redeal. Pick up all cards
not
in a foundation, shuffle, and deal as many three-card tableau piles as possible. You are allowed two redeals.
INTERREGNUM
DIFFICULTY :
medium
TIME LENGTH :
short
DECKS : 2
An interregnum is the period between the reigns of successive kings, popes, or governments. The name is a nod to the game’s unique layout, featuring a row of cards that dictate how the hand must evolve. The odds of winning are 1 in every 7 hands.
HOW TO DEAL Start with two fifty-two-card decks (104 cards total), and deal eight cards, face up, in a row. These are your “topper” cards. Leave an empty row below the toppers for your foundations, and below that deal another row of eight cards, face up. These are your tableau piles.
WINNING The goal is to build eight foundation piles, each with thirteen cards organized by ascending rank (suits and colors do not matter). This game allows continuous ranking .
The complication is that each foundation must start with a card one rank higher than the topper card above it. So a 7 of hearts topper, for example, requires the foundation below it to start with any eight and build from there in ascending rank. When the foundation reaches twelve cards, the topper card is added to the pile, making thirteen cards total, and the entire pile is set aside. The game ends when all eight foundations are set aside.
HOW TO PLAY Move foundation cards as they become available. You may not build or move cards among tableau piles; cards may be moved only from the tableau to the foundations. Once all moves are exhausted, deal eight new tableau cards from the stock. You are allowed one redeal.
INTRIGUE
DIFFICULTY :
low
TIME LENGTH :
medium
DECKS : 2
Intrigue has plenty to recommend it. The odds of winning are good (1 in every 3 games), and yet it’s not a blind-luck game. You need to concentrate in order not to miss the obvious plays.
HOW TO DEAL Shuffle two fifty-two-card decks (104 cards total), and remove a random queen. This is your first tableau card. Next, continue dealing cards, face up, on the queen until one of three things happens: you turn up a 6 (which you then should move to the foundation row above); you turn up a 5 (which you then should move to the foundation row below); or you turn up another queen (with which you should start a new tableau pile). Continue until the last queen is dealt.
WINNING Build sixteen total foundation piles: eight piles above, built in ascending rank from 6 to jack regardless of suit; and eight piles below, built in descending rank from 5 to king. This game allows continuous ranking, and suits do not matter.
HOW TO PLAY There is no redeal, so take a minute to review the board after you deal that final queen. The topmost tableau cards may be played to the foundations or—this is the
only
tableau building allowed in Intrigue— on an uncovered queen. An uncovered queen is considered a “vacant” space, and any available card may be played to it.
The topmost stock card may be played to the foundations or any tableau pile. When the stock runs out, the game is over.
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VARIATION: LAGGARD LADY
The rules are exactly as above, with one critical difference. You may not move 5s or 6s to the foundations faster than you deal queens to the tableau. For example, with four queens on the tableau and four 6s in the foundations, the next 6 turned up may not be played to the foundations. Instead, it must be played to the tableau, which makes it harder to retrieve later in the game once all queens are dealt.
JUBILEE
DIFFICULTY :
low
TIME LENGTH :
short
DECKS : 2
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