The Wall

Objective

To build the 8 Foundations up in Ascending Family Sequence from Ace to King.

Layout

- This game is played with two packs of 52, well shuffled, playing cards.
- The Tableau (T) consists of 12 piles divided in two parts. The lower 8 piles are where building occurs, each of which starts with 1 face-p card. The higher 4 piles (above the reserve) accept no building, and each starts with 1 face-up card.
- The Discards (D) start empty, ready to receive any number of cards from the Waste.
- The Reserve (R) consists of 13 cards dealt face-down.
- The Stock (S) starts with the 78 remaining cards, all face-down.
- The Waste (W) starts empty, ready to receive cards dealt from the Stock.
- The Foundations (F) start empty, waiting for building.

Rules

- The higher Tableau accepts no building. The exposed card of each higher Tableau pile can be moved to a lower Tableau pile or to the Foundations if it fits the target pile building rules. When a higher Tableau pile is cleared out the space is automatically filled with the last card of the Reserve, and when the Reserve is empty the space cannot be filled.
- The lower Tableau is built in Descending Family Sequence. The exposed card of each Tableau pile can be moved to another lower Tableau pile or to the Foundations if it fits the target pile building rules. When a Tableau column is cleared out the space is automatically filled with the exposed card of the Waste, and when the Waste is empty the Tableau pile may be filled by any card or any valid suit.
- The Foundations are built in Ascending Family Sequence. Once moved to a Foundation, a card may not move any further.
- The Stock accepts no building. It cannot be manually activated. When the Waste is cleared out, the Stock automatically fills it with one face-up card.
- The Waste accepts no building. When cleared out, the Stock automatically fills it with one face-up card. The exposed card of the Waste is available for play to the lower Tableau or to the Foundations as long as it fits the target pile building rules, or to any Discard.
- The Discards accept any cards coming from the Waste. The exposed card of each Discard pile can be moved to a lower Tableau pile or to the Foundations if it fits the target pile building rules.
- The Reserve accepts no building. The last card in the Reserve will automatically fills any cleared out higher Tableau pile.

Notes

The Wall is a special kind of patience game and, as such, has been assigned to no category. This game is a good mix between luck and brain power. The layout is really fine and those numerous auto fill piles are very interesting...

Solo Cards - (C) 2000 - Bertrand Vauthier