Three Shuffles and a Draw 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 ...
game using one deck of playing cards. This game is similar to
La Belle Lucie
La Belle Lucie is a patience or card solitaire where the object is to build the cards into the foundations. It is considered to be representative of the "fan" family of solitaire card games, and has a pleasing layout.
While the game originat ...
besides being able to draw one card after the second shuffle.
["La Belle Lucie" (p.54) in ''The Little Book of Solitaire'', Running Press, 2002. ] The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the Foundations.
Rules
Three Shuffles and a Draw has four
foundations
Foundation may refer to:
* Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization
** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S.
** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause ...
build up in suit from Ace to King, e.g. A♣, 2♣, 3♣, 4♣...
The
Tableau
Tableau (French for 'little table' literally, also used to mean 'picture'; tableaux or, rarely, tableaus) may refer to:
Arts
* ''Tableau'', a series of four paintings by Piet Mondrian titled ''Tableau I'' through to ''Tableau IV''
* ''Tableau viv ...
is filled with eighteen piles containing three cards each, except for the last pile, only containing one card. These piles build down in suit, e.g. 8
♥, 7
♥, 6
♥, 5
♥...
File:Three Shuffles and a Draw (solitaire) Layout.jpg, Three Shuffles and a Draw Layout
Only the top card in the
tableau piles can be played, and these cards can move to other tableau piles or to the foundations. Empty spaces cannot be filled by any other card.
The name "Three Shuffles and a Draw" comes from the fact that there are 3 shuffles (counting the original starting shuffle plus the 2 redeals, and then a draw, where you can free any one single buried card).
The game is won after all cards have been moved to the foundations.
References
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See also
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La Belle Lucie
La Belle Lucie is a patience or card solitaire where the object is to build the cards into the foundations. It is considered to be representative of the "fan" family of solitaire card games, and has a pleasing layout.
While the game originat ...
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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 ...
Single-deck patience card games
Mobile games