Miss Milligan
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Miss Milligan is a Patience
game which is played using two decks of playing card
s. According to Peter Arnold
, author of Card Games for One, this classic game's popularity in England
is due to the player's ability to recover from seemingly hopeless positions.
When no more moves can be made, a new set of eight cards is dealt, each for every column, whether full or empty. Then the game resumes until all possible moves are exhausted, after which a new set of eight cards is placed. This cycle of dealing new cards and making moves continues until the stock is exhausted.
After the stock has run out, there is no redeal. However, there is special move called either "waiving" or "weaving," depending on the rule set the player follows. The player can do this special move by picking a card or a sequence of cards up and set it aside (this is the dominant rule; some rule sets state that only one card can be picked up). The card or sequence can later be placed back into the table at anytime as long as it can be built. Only one card or sequence of cards can be set aside at a time. Computerized solitaire games that include this game include a reserve for this purpose.
The game ends when no more useful moves can be made. The game is won if all cards are built onto the foundations.
Patience (game)
Patience is a genre of tabletop games, consisting of card games that can be played by a single player. Patience games can also be played in a multiplayer fashion....
game which is played using two decks of playing card
Playing card
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games...
s. According to Peter Arnold
Peter Arnold
Peter Arnold in Wellington New Zealand.He is a right-handed batsmen and also bowls right arm medium.-Statistics:* His career spanned between 1951 and 1960.* He played for Canterbury and Northamptonshire....
, author of Card Games for One, this classic game's popularity in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
is due to the player's ability to recover from seemingly hopeless positions.
Rules
First, eight cards are dealt in a row; they are bases for eight columns in the game. Any ace that becomes available is put onto the foundations, to be built up by suit. Other cards are built down by alternating color. One card can be moved at a time, although a sequence can also be moved in part or in whole as one unit. When an empty column occurs, only a King or a sequence starting with a King can be placed on it.When no more moves can be made, a new set of eight cards is dealt, each for every column, whether full or empty. Then the game resumes until all possible moves are exhausted, after which a new set of eight cards is placed. This cycle of dealing new cards and making moves continues until the stock is exhausted.
After the stock has run out, there is no redeal. However, there is special move called either "waiving" or "weaving," depending on the rule set the player follows. The player can do this special move by picking a card or a sequence of cards up and set it aside (this is the dominant rule; some rule sets state that only one card can be picked up). The card or sequence can later be placed back into the table at anytime as long as it can be built. Only one card or sequence of cards can be set aside at a time. Computerized solitaire games that include this game include a reserve for this purpose.
The game ends when no more useful moves can be made. The game is won if all cards are built onto the foundations.