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<h1>British Constitution</h1>
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<h3>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3>
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British Constitution (or simply Constitution) is a solitaire card game which
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is played with two decks of playing cards. It is a card game with a high
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chance in winning.
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First, the kings, queens, and aces are removed from the stock. The kings and
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queens are discarded, while the aces are placed in a row to form the
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"Government" or the foundations, which are built up by suit to jacks.
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<p>
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Below the aces, four rows of eight cards each are dealt. This forms the
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tableau (also known as the "Constitution").
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The cards available for building in the foundations should come from Row 1
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(also known as the "Privy Council") only. Furthermore, cards in Row 1 can be
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built down by alternating colors. Available for building in Row 1 are the top
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cards of the piles in Row 1 (initially containing only one card per pile) and
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the cards from Row 2. Only one card can be moved at a time.
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When a card leaves from either Row 1 or 2, the space it leaves behind must be
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filled with any card from the row immediately below it, not necessarily the
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one immediately below the space. The space, in essence, is pushed downwards
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until it reaches Row 4 (the "People Row"), where it is filled with a card from
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the stock. This is the only way cards from the stock enter the game.
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Furthermore, cards from the stock cannot be played directly to the
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foundations. If no more spaces appear in Row 4 with cards still undealt from
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the stock, the game is lost.
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The game is won when all cards are built in the foundations up to jacks.
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Lady Cadogan's rule set specified that as the tableau is being set up, one
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Queen of Diamonds and the eight kings are put above the foundations; the
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<b>Q</b><img src="../images/d.gif"> being "The Sovereign," the black Kings
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being the "Bishops," and the red Kings the "Judges," all placed above the
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foundation. The other Queens are discarded. Since these nine cards clearly
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play a purely decorative role in this game, most modern rule sets bypass this,
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which explains the reason the kings and queens are discarded completely as
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mentioned above.
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<i>(Retrieved from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Constitution_%28solitaire%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Constitution_(solitaire)</a>)</i>
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