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