Forty Thieves

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 40 cards dealt in 10 columns of 4 cards each. All cards are dealt face-up.
- The Stock (S) starts with the 64 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 Tableau is built in Descending Family Sequence. The exposed card of each Tableau column can be moved to another Tableau column or to the Foundations if it fits the target pile building rules. When a Tableau column is cleared out the space may be filled by any card.
- The Foundations are built in Ascending Family Sequence. The exposed card of any Foundation can be moved to the Tableau if it fits the target pile building rules.
- The Stock accepts no building. When activated, the Stock deals 1 card, face-up, to the Waste. No redeal.
- The Waste accepts no building. Only cards dealt from the Stock can fill the Waste. The exposed card of the Waste is available for play to the Tableau or to the Foundations as long as it fits the target pile building rules.

Notes

Forty Thieves is a popular solitaire card game. It's also sometime called Napoleon At St Helen. Although a Forty Thieves category of games may have been created in Solo Cards, my desire to keep a limit of 6 categories led me to classify it as a Klondike variation because they share the same types of piles. It is quite hard to win in Forty Thieves.

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