Batsford is a

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similar to Klondike except that it uses two decks instead of one. The cards are turned up one at a time during a single pass through the deck, and there is also a

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available for a single King.

Rules

The object of this game is to move all cards to the

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. There are eight foundations that build up from Ace to King in suit, (e.g. A♣, 2♣, 3♣, 4♣...) There are ten dêpôts in the

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ranging from one to ten cards long, and which

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in alternating colors, (e.g. 10♠, 9♥, 8♠, 7♦...) Cards in the tableu can be moved to a foundation or onto another tableau stack. Only a King can be moved to an empty space. The layout also includes a single

where a single King can be held. File:Batsford (solitaire) Layout.jpg, Batsford Layout The

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is turned up one card up at a time. The topmost card can be moved to the foundations or the tableau. Only one pass is allowed through the deck, making this an extremely hard game to win.

References

* Coops, Helen Leslie (1939). ''100 Games of Solitaire.'' Whitman. 128 pp. *

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(1979). ''The Penguin Book of Patience'', London: Penguin.

Rules

References

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