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Six By Six
Six By Six is a Solitaire (game), solitaire card game played with a standard set of 52 playing cards. Winning depends mostly on skill, but even with strategic play the odds of winning are 1 in 15. Rules The goal is to build each foundation up in Suit (cards), suit from Ace (card), ace to King (card), king. The layout consists of six columns each with six cards dealt to them at the start of the game. Aces dealt are moved to the foundations and replaced with another card from the stock, although this provision isn't followed by all sources.Arnold, Peter. ''Card Games for One.'' London: Hamlyn, 2002 () Cards are dealt from the stock to the first column in the tableau. Building within the tableau happens by suit in descending sequence. A sequence of cards of the same suit can be moved together, and spaces in the tableau can be filled by any card. There is no redeal. Variations The variation Thirty Six employs a similar set-up, but the biggest change is that cards are dealt from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Solitaire
Games of patience, or (card) solitaires as they are usually called in North America, have their own 'language' of specialised terms such as "building down", "packing", "foundations", "talon" and "tableau". Once learnt they are helpful in describing, succinctly and accurately, how the games are played. Patience games are usually for a single player, although a small number have been designed for two and, in rare cases, three or even four players. They are games of skill or chance or a combination of the two. There are three classes of patience grouped by object. The most frequent object is to arrange the cards either in ascending sequence (e.g. from Ace to King) or descending sequence. Occasionally both forms of sequence are aimed at in the same game. The card forming the starting point of the required sequence is known as the foundation card and the sequence or family is said to be 'built up' on such card. In some cases foundation cards are picked out and placed in position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
