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<h1>Patriarchs</h1>
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<h3>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3>
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Patriarchs is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing
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cards. It is similar in reserve layout to <a href="oddandeven.html">Odd and
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Even</a> but with different game play.
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<p>
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First, one king and one ace are removed from the deck and placed in two
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columns: one with all aces and the other with all kings. In between these two
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columns is a space for the reserve, which is composed of nine cards arranged
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in three rows of three cards each.
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Ace and King columns are the foundations. The ace foundations are built up to
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Kings while the king foundations are built down to aces, all by suit. When the
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top cards of the ace and king foundations of the same suit are in sequence, a
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reversal can be done, i.e. cards can be moved one at a time from one
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foundation to the other, except the base aces and kings.
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The nine reserve cards are available for play on the foundations (not on each
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other). When a card leaves the reserve, the space it leaves behind is filled
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with the top card of the waste pile (or the stock if there is no waste pile
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yet).
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If play comes to a standstill in the reserve, the stock is dealt one card at a
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time, and if a card is unplayable, it is placed on the waste pile, the top
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card of which is available for building on the foundations or filling a space
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on the reserve. Only one redeal is allowed; to do this the unused cards in the
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waste pile is picked up and turned face down to be used as the new stock.
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The game is won when all cards end up in the foundations.
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<h3>Picture Patience</h3>
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Picture Patience is a solitaire game which is played exactly like Patriarchs
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except for the following:
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<ul>
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<li>At the onset, no card is placed in the foundations; aces and kings needed
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are mixed in the deck.
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<li>Reversals are not allowed.
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<li>SolSuite's version of the game allows one redeal while Pretty Good
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Solitaire's version doesn't allow any redeal.
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</ul>
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<i>(Retrieved from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchs_%28solitaire%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchs_(solitaire)</a>)</i>
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