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<h1>St. Helena</h1>
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<h3>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3>
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<p>
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St. Helena (also known as Napoleon's Favorite or Washington's Favorite) is a
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solitaire card game using two decks of playing cards mixed together. Despite
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its name, it has no connection the island with the same name. Furthermore,
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because of its game play, it should not be confused with Napoleon at St.
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Helena a.k.a. Forty Thieves. Explained here is the prevalent version.
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First, one king and one ace of each suit are removed to become the bases for
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the foundations. The kings form the upper foundations, while the aces form the
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lower foundations. Then, the rest of the cards are dealt clockwise into twelve
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piles that run from above the left king to its left. The tableau and
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foundations should look like this:
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<pre>
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1 2 3 4
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12 K K K K 5
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11 A A A A 6
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10 9 8 7
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</pre>
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<p>
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The object is to build the upper foundations down by suit to aces while the
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lower foundations up by suit.
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<p>
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The top card of each pile surrounding the foundations is available for play
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onto another pile or to the foundations. Building on the piles is either up or
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down by suit. However a king cannot be placed over an ace and an ace cannot be
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placed over a king. Only one card can be moved at a time.
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<p>
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There is no mention in <i>The Complete Book of Solitaire and Patience
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Games</i> of what to do on the spaces. This gives rise to at least two rule
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sets: one that allows any card to be placed in a space; and another that does
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not allow a space to be filled.
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For the first deal, there are restrictions as to which card goes to which
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foundation. Cards on piles 1 to 4 are available only to the upper foundations,
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cards on piles 7 to 10 are available only to the lower foundations, and cards
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on piles 5, 6, 11, and 12 are available to either the upper or lower
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foundations.
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<p>
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After all possible moves have been made, the piles are collected in reverse
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order. That is, Pile 12 is placed over the Pile 11, then the new pile is
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placed over Pile 10, and so on until all piles are placed over Pile 1. Then,
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without reshuffling, they are redealt again, one by one, into twelve piles.
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This can be done twice. But after the cards are dealt anew, the restrictions
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no longer apply, i.e. a card can be placed in any foundation. This goes for
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after the second redeal.
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<p>
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The game is won when all cards are built into the foundations.
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<h3>Louis</h3>
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Louis is a solitaire variant of St. Helena. It is played exactly as St. Helena
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except for the follow modifications:
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<ul>
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<li>First, 12 cards are dealt, one on each pile. From these twelve, the player
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builds playable cards onto the foundations, filling a gap every time a card is
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played. Once the game goes on standstill at this point, the rest of the deck
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is dealt onto the twelve piles.
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<li>All top cards of piles are available to be built in any foundation (no
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restrictions).
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<li>Building in the piles can be up or down, but always by suit.
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</ul>
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<p>
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<i>(Retrieved from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Helena_%28solitaire%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Helena_(solitaire)</a>)</i>
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