Napoleon's Square
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Napoleon's Square is a solitaire
card game
which uses two decks of playing card
s. First described by Lady Adelaide Cadogan in the early 1900s, it is an easy variation of Forty Thieves
. It is not determined if Napoleon actually played this game, or any solitaire game named after him.
. The rest of the deck consist the stock. Fourth "side" of the square is left to be occupied by the foundations.
The object of this game is to place the Aces as they become available and build each of them up to kings.
The top card of each pile is available for play, to be built on the foundations or on another pile. Cards on the tableau are built down in suit and sequences can be moved as a unit. (Solsuite's version of the game, however, does not allow moving sequences as a unithttp://www.solsuite.com/games/napoleon_s_square.htm) Spaces, whenever they occur, can be filled with any available card or sequence.
When there are no more plays on the tableau that can be made, the stock is dealt one at a time, and any card that cannot be built on the foundations or on the tableau can be placed on a waste pile, the top card of which is available for play. The stock can only be dealt once.
The game ends soon after the stock has run out. The game is won (which is very likely) when all cards are built onto the foundations.
Solitaire
Solitaire is any tabletop game which one can play by oneself or with other people. The solitaire card game Klondike is often known as simply Solitaire....
card game
Card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...
which uses two decks of playing card
Playing card
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games...
s. First described by Lady Adelaide Cadogan in the early 1900s, it is an easy variation of Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves
Forty Thieves is a Patience game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on skill. It is also known as Napoleon at Saint Helena, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.-Rules:* Two decks are used ....
. It is not determined if Napoleon actually played this game, or any solitaire game named after him.
Rules
First, forty-eight cards are dealt into twelve piles of four cards each, forming three sides of a squareSquare (geometry)
In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral. This means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles...
. The rest of the deck consist the stock. Fourth "side" of the square is left to be occupied by the foundations.
The object of this game is to place the Aces as they become available and build each of them up to kings.
The top card of each pile is available for play, to be built on the foundations or on another pile. Cards on the tableau are built down in suit and sequences can be moved as a unit. (Solsuite's version of the game, however, does not allow moving sequences as a unithttp://www.solsuite.com/games/napoleon_s_square.htm) Spaces, whenever they occur, can be filled with any available card or sequence.
When there are no more plays on the tableau that can be made, the stock is dealt one at a time, and any card that cannot be built on the foundations or on the tableau can be placed on a waste pile, the top card of which is available for play. The stock can only be dealt once.
The game ends soon after the stock has run out. The game is won (which is very likely) when all cards are built onto the foundations.