Gay Gordons 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 ...
game played with a single deck of
playing card
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a fi ...
s. Gay Gordons is also known under its alternative name Exit, and was invented by David Parlett.
[Parlett, David (2020).]
Gay Gordons: Scottish dancing game
, ''parlettgames.uk''.
Rules
It is played with a standard
deck of playing cards, with
jokers removed. A layout of ten piles of five cards each is dealt face up, with two reserve cards also face up.
The top card of each pile and of the reserve is in play, and the piles cannot be refilled or built on. Empty piles cannot be refilled.
The aim of the game is to remove all cards by making pairs that add up to eleven (
suit
A suit, lounge suit, or business suit is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles worn with a collared dress shirt, necktie, and dress shoes. A skirt suit is similar, but with a matching skirt instead of tr ...
s are not important).
King
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
s pair with
queen
Queen or QUEEN may refer to:
Monarchy
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom
** List of queens regnant
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...
s of a non-matching suit, jacks with other jacks, and aces with tens.
Variants
The game is popularly implemented as described with 10 tableau piles of five cards each, and Parlett's own instructions refer to "ten columns". However the image on Parlett's site depicts only five tableau piles of ten cards each, which is an alternative and much more difficult way to play.
References
See also
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List of patience or solitaire games
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 patience or solitaire terms
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 ...
Open non-builders
Single-deck patience card games
Year of introduction missing
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