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<h1>Mount Olympus</h1>
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<h3>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3>
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Mount Olympus is a solitaire card game using two decks of 52 playing cards
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each. It is probably named because of the tableau's mountain shape and shows
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all the Kings and Queens in the end, if won successfully, like the Greek gods
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and goddesses who are said to be residing on the mountain with the same name.
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First, all aces and deuces, or twos (16 cards in all), are removed from the
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two decks. Then the remaining 88 cards are shuffled and nine of them are laid
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out on the tableau in an inverted "V" formation. Although this is one of the
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two bases mentioned above that gives the game its name, the player can opt to
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just lay the nine cards in a straight line. These nine cards start each of the
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nine piles in the tableau.
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Building on the 16 foundations is up by suit in intervals of two. Therefore,
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building should be like this:<br>
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On the aces: 3-5-7-9-J-K<br>
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On the deuces: 4-6-8-10-Q
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Building on the tableau is down, also by suit in intervals of two (i.e. the
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<b>5</b><img src="../images/s.gif"> must be placed over the <b>7</b><img
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src="../images/s.gif">). A card can be placed over an applicable card and any
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gap must be filled immediately with a card from the stock. A sequence of cards
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(such as <b>6-8-10</b><img src="../images/c.gif">) can be moved as one unit.
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Any card can be placed on the foundation at any appropriate time.
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Once all possible moves have been made or the player has done all moves he
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wanted to make, a new set of nine cards are dealt, one for each pile. Moving,
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filling gaps with new cards, and dealing a new set of nine cards continue
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until the stock has been used up. After this has happened, building continues,
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but spaces left behind are not filled.
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The game is successfully won when all cards are built with the Kings and
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Queens at front.
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<i>(Retrieved from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus_%28solitaire%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus_(solitaire)</a>)</i>
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