Forty Thieves (card Game) - Rules

Rules

  • Two decks are used (104 cards).
  • Deal ten tableau piles of four cards each, all face up and all visible.
  • Leave space for eight foundation piles above the tableau piles.
  • You may only move the top card from any tableau. You may place any one card in an empty tableau space.
  • For every empty tableau you may move one card at once from one tableau to another, as a short cut, as long as all cards you move are built down by suit.
  • The tableaus are built down by suit.
  • The foundations are built up by suit, from ace to king.
  • You may deal one card at a time from the stock to the waste.
  • You may use the top card from the waste.
  • You may only go through the stock once.
  • The object of the game is to move all the cards to the foundations.

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