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<h1>Four Seasons</h1>
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<h3>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3>
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<p>Four Seasons is a solitaire card game which is played with a
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deck of playing cards. It is given the more appropriate alternate
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names of <b>Corner Card</b> and <b>Vanishing Cross</b> because of
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where the foundations are placed and the arrangement of the tableau
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respectively.</p>
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<p>First, five cards are dealt in form of a cross: three cards are
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placed in a row, then two cards are each placed above and below the
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middle of the three cards. A sixth card is dealt in the upper left
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corner of the cross. This card will be the base for the first of
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four foundations. The three cards of the same rank are placed in
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the other three corners of the cross to become the foundations
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themselves.</p>
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<p>The foundations are built up in suit and building is
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round-the-corner, i.e. aces are placed above kings, except when
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aces are the foundation bases.</p>
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<p>Cards in the cross are built down regardless of suit and any
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space in the cross is filled with any available card, whether it is
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the top card of a pile within the cross, the top card of the
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wastepile, or a card from the stock. Like the foundations, building
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in the cross is round-the-corner, i.e. kings are placed over aces,
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unless aces are the foundations. Only one card can be moved at a
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time.</p>
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<p>Whenever the game goes on a standstill, the stock is dealt one
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card at a time into the wastepile, the top card of which is
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available for play on the cross or on the foundations. There is no
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redeal.</p>
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<p>The game ends when goes on another standstill after the stock
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has run out. The game is won when all cards end up in the
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foundations.</p>
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<h3>Variations</h3>
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<p>Below are the variations of Four Seasons:</p>
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<li>In <b>Czarina</b>, any space in the cross is immediately filled
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only from the stock.</li>
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<li>In <b>Corners</b>, the cross is in fact a reserve, not a
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tableau, and each space is a cell, which should have room for only
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one card. Empty cells in this game are filled immediately from the
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stock.</li>
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<li><b>Simplicity</b> is played like Four Seasons. The only
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exception is that the tableau (instead of a cross) contains twelve
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cards dealt into two rows of six. The thirteenth card deal becomes
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the base of the first formation. Also, building in the tableau is
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down by alternating colors.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><i>(Retrieved from <a href=
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"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_%28solitaire%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_(solitaire)</a>)</i></p>
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