Blockade is a
patience
(or forbearance) is the ability to endure difficult circumstances. Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in disrespect/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when faced ...
or
solitaire
Solitaire is any tabletop game which one can play by oneself, usually with cards, but also with dominoes. The term "solitaire" is also used for single-player games of concentration and skill using a set layout tiles, pegs or stones. These game ...
card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.
Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...
which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. As in most solitaire games, the object of the game is to play the cards into the eight foundations.
["Blockade" (p.87) in ''The Little Book of Solitaire'', Running Press, 2002. ] The play is reminiscent of the popular solitaire game,
Forty Thieves Forty Thieves or 40 Thieves may refer to:
* the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Groups of people
* the Forty Thieves (New York gang), an 18th-century New York street gang
*The Forty Thieves (New York City Common Council 1852–1853)
* the ...
, but with 12 piles instead of 10.
Rules
The game starts with twelve piles, each containing a card (the rest form the stock). Cards are built down by suit (''e.g.,'' 7-6-5-4) and cards or groups of cards can be moved from one pile to another or to the foundations. The foundations are built up also by suit, starting from the ace. An empty pile will be filled up immediately by a card from the stock.
When all possible moves are done without success, a card is dealt onto each pile, even with those that have sequences. This and the placing of cards on empty piles is done until the stock runs out. After that, any card or group of cards can be placed on any empty space.
The game is won when all 104 cards are successfully moved to the foundations.
See also
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List of solitaires
This is a list of patiences, which are card games that are also referred to as solitaires or as card solitaire.
This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but only includes games that have met the usual Wikipedia requirements (e.g. notability). ...
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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 des ...
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