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Bisley (card game)

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when all cards end up in the foundations. It actually does not matter where the ace and king foundations of each suit would meet and how many cards the ace and king foundations of each suit will have. At the end of one game for example, the K♠ is the only one on its foundation while the rest of spade
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The foundations (the four aces) are built up by suit. However, whenever a King is released and becomes available, it becomes a foundation and is placed above its counterpart ace foundation to be built down, also by suit. The same thing can be done for the three other kings. This rule also gives the
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each other separately under the aces. After that, nine columns of four cards, also overlapping each other, are dealt to the right of the aces and first four columns.
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The initial layout of the game of Bisley. This follows the overlapping-cards rule set rather than the laying-out-the-cards rule set.
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player an opportunity to place a card on one of the foundations of the same suit if it can be placed on either of them.
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cards are built on the A♠; the A♣ remains unbuilt because all club cards are built on the K♣; the A
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Musical (Betsy Ross, Fairest, Four Kings, Plus Belle, Quadruple Alliance)
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Whenever a column becomes empty, it stays empty for the rest of the game.
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Index

Patience
Open packer
patience
card solitaire
playing cards
Baker's Dozen
tableau
foundations
columns
overlapping
The initial layout of the game of Bisley. This follows the overlapping-cards rule set rather than the laying-out-the-cards rule set.
exposed cards
available
play
built either up or down
game is out


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