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<h1>Agnes</h1>
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<h3>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3>
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Agnes is a solitaire card game which is a variant of the very popular game
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Klondike. It is similar to the latter except on how the stock is dealt.
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<p>
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Dealing the first 28 cards onto the tableau is a lot like in Klondike. Then a
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card is placed in the first of the four foundations. This card will be the
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first card of that foundation and all other cards with the same rank should be
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placed at the other three foundations.
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<p>
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Seven cards are then dealt in a row either above or below the tableau. This
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will act as the reserve. The cards in the reserve are available for play.
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<p>
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Playing the game is a lot like Klondike except that any gaps are filled in by
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a card a rank lower than the first card of the foundation. For instance, if
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the first card of each foundation is a 10, gaps are only filled by 9s.
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Foundations are built up by suit, while the columns on the tableau are built
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down in alternating colors, wrapping from Ace to King if necessary. When play
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is no longer possible on the tableau, any card on the reserve can be used to
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continue the game. Gaps in the reserve are not filled until a new set is
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dealt.
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If the game cannot continue even from the reserve, a new set of seven cards is
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dealt from the stock to the reserve. The stock is good for two deals on the
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reserve with two cards left over. So after the third new deal and no more
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moves possible, the two left over cards are dealt as if they each have a
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reserve pile on their own.
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<p>
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The game is won when all cards have made their way to the foundations.
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There are two versions of the game of Agnes. The one described above is called
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Agnes Bernauer. In another version called Agnes Sorel (no connection to the
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woman with the same name), the game is played the same way except the cards in
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the tableau are built down by color, i.e. Red suits on red, black suits on
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black. Furthermore, in Agnes Sorel, spaces are not filled. David Parlett is
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said to have given these two versions their separate names.
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<i>(Retrieved from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes</a>)</i>
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