Red and Black (solitaire)
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Red and Black is a solitaire
card game
which uses two decks of playing card
s. The game is so called because all building is done in alternating colors of red and black. It is not related to another similarly named solitaire game of Rouge et Noir
(French
for red and black), although Red and Black can also be known under that name.
First, the eight aces are taken out of the stock to act as the foundations. Then eight cards are dealt under the aces to become the bases for the tableau columns.
The top cards in the tableau are available for play to the foundations or to the other cards in the tableau. The foundations are built up (each up to Kings) while the cards on the tableau are built down, all by alternating color. Any spaces are immediately filled by the top card of the wastepile, or if none is present, the top card of the stock.
When are no possible moves are made from the tableau, the stock is dealt one card at a time onto the wastepile, the top card of which is available for play to the tableau or the foundations.
The game ends soon after the cards of the stock are dealt onto the wastepile. The game is won when all cards are built onto the waste pile.
Their rules stated above are those laid down by Sloane Lee & Gabriel Packard in the book 100 Best Solitaire Games. There are deviations to this in some solitaire computer packages, like Solsuite and Pretty Good Solitaire, both of which seems to be the prevalent version. These are:
Solitaire
Solitaire is any tabletop game which one can play by oneself or with other people. The solitaire card game Klondike is often known as simply Solitaire....
card game
Card game
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which uses two decks of playing card
Playing card
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s. The game is so called because all building is done in alternating colors of red and black. It is not related to another similarly named solitaire game of Rouge et Noir
Rouge et Noir
Rouge et Noir is a solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing cards. Invented by Charles Jewell, it is a unique game where two types of building are done in the same game. It should not be confused with the similarly named Red and Black, although the latter can also be known...
(French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
for red and black), although Red and Black can also be known under that name.
First, the eight aces are taken out of the stock to act as the foundations. Then eight cards are dealt under the aces to become the bases for the tableau columns.
The top cards in the tableau are available for play to the foundations or to the other cards in the tableau. The foundations are built up (each up to Kings) while the cards on the tableau are built down, all by alternating color. Any spaces are immediately filled by the top card of the wastepile, or if none is present, the top card of the stock.
When are no possible moves are made from the tableau, the stock is dealt one card at a time onto the wastepile, the top card of which is available for play to the tableau or the foundations.
The game ends soon after the cards of the stock are dealt onto the wastepile. The game is won when all cards are built onto the waste pile.
Their rules stated above are those laid down by Sloane Lee & Gabriel Packard in the book 100 Best Solitaire Games. There are deviations to this in some solitaire computer packages, like Solsuite and Pretty Good Solitaire, both of which seems to be the prevalent version. These are:
- Packed sequences can be moved as one unit.
- Spaces are filled by any available card or packed sequence.