Picture Gallery, more commonly known as Royal Parade, is an old
solitaire
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game using two decks of playing cards. The object of the game is to move cards to the
foundations
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to create a gallery full of picture or face cards.
["Royal Parade" (p.239-40) in ''The Complete Book of Card Games'' by Peter Arnold, Hamlyn Publishing, 2010. ]
Rules
Royal Parade has 24 foundations total. There are three rows with eight foundations each. The top row of foundations all start with twos, and build up in suit by threes, e.g. 2♣, 5♣, 8♣, J♣.
The next row's foundations all start with threes, and build up in suit by threes, e.g. 3
♥, 6
♥, 9
♥, Q
♥
The last row's foundations all start with fours, and build up in suit by threes, e.g. 4♠, 7♠, 10♠, K♠.
Underneath the 24 foundations are eight
tableau piles, and no building is allowed. An Ace Pile or Castoff Pile is also present, due to the fact that there is no need for Aces in this game. When new cards are needed, an entire row of eight cards is dealt from the stock to the tableau.
Seeing how there is no need for Aces in Royal Parade, all Aces are discarded to the Ace Pile (Castoff Pile). This will create some openings in the foundations, creating the availability to move cards around. Only twos can be placed onto the first row's openings, threes onto the second row's openings, and fours onto the last row's openings. The game is won after the foundations are completely filled with "Picture" cards (face cards).
Virginia Reel
Albert H. Morehead
Albert Hodges Morehead, Jr. (August 7, 1909 – October 5, 1966) was a writer for ''The New York Times'', a bridge player, a lexicographer, and an author and editor of reference works.
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Geoffrey Mott-Smith created
Virginia Reel Virginia Reel can refer to any of the following:
* Virginia Reel (solitaire), a solitaire card game
*Virginia reel (dance), a folk dance
*Virginia Reel roller coaster
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as an improvement on Royal Parade. Among other differences, in Virginia Reel a gap left behind in the gallery has to be filled before new cards can be dealt.
See also
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Virginia Reel Virginia Reel can refer to any of the following:
* Virginia Reel (solitaire), a solitaire card game
*Virginia reel (dance), a folk dance
*Virginia Reel roller coaster
Virginia Reel was an older style of spinning roller coaster characterized by spi ...
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Glossary of solitaire
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