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<h1>Rosamund's Bower</h1>
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One-Deck game type. 1 deck. 3 redeals.
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<h3>Object</h3>
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Move all cards to the single foundation.
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<h3>Rules</h3>
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At the start of the game, the Jack of Spades is placed aside, along with
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the King of Spades and Queen of Hearts. Eight cards are dealt in a circle
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around the queen, and a pile of seven cards is dealt face-down below the
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king.
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The foundation is built down from the jack, turning the corner from ace to
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king as necessary. When a card is moved from the piles around the queen,
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it is replaced with the top card from the pile below the king.
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When there are no moves left, you can draw cards from the talon one at a
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time, and move them to one of three waste piles, or the foundation directly.
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When the talon is empty, you can place the three waste piles on top of each
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other to form a new talon and redeal. You can redeal three times per game.
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Only once all the other cards have been moved to the foundation can the
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Queen of Hearts or King of Spades be moved. Once they are moved to the
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foundation, and all cards have been moved to the foundation, the game is
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won.
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<h3>Notes</h3>
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This game is based on the story of Rosamund Clifford, the mistress
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of King Henry II of England. As per the story, they conducted their
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affairs inside a maze called "Rosamund's Bower".
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In the game, the Queen of Hearts represents Fair Rosamund, the King
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represents King Henry II, with the Jack representing a sinister assailant
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who wants to take Rosamund for himself. The circle of cards around the
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queen are the guards of her bower, and the face-down stack under the king
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are the king's guards. At the end of the game, the king and queen are
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together at the bottom of the deck, symbolizing Henry II united in love
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with Fair Rosamund.
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Another interpretation of the game involves the Jack being a suitor
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trying to save the queen of hearts from her father, the evil king.
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In this variant, the foundation is built separately from the Jack,
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and the Jack and Queen remain the last two cards at the end of the game.
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