Six By Six is a
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 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
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 ...
from
ace to
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 the stock to a waste-pile instead of to the first column, and suits are disregarded when building down in the tableau. This increases the chances of success significantly.
See also
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List of solitaire games
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Glossary of 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 ...
References
Single-deck patience card games
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