Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience Part 8

[Ill.u.s.tration: BABETTE.]

BABETTE

Two Entire Packs of Cards

RULES

I. The foundations follow suit.

II. Vacancies in the garden _are not to be refilled_.

III. Each row of cards in the garden blocks the preceding one, but on the removal of cards in the lower rows those above them are released.

PLAY

Deal out eight cards in a horizontal line. This commences what is called the "garden." When the first row is complete, take from it any foundations and place them in the allotted s.p.a.ces above, and also other suitable cards, but do not refill vacancies (Rule II).

The foundations consist of four aces and four kings of different suits, ascending and descending in the usual sequences (Rule I).

_Note._--The tableau is so arranged that one of the king foundations has already descended to queen, and one of the ace foundations has ascended to three. The vacant s.p.a.ces in the garden show from whence cards have been removed, and not replaced; but there would probably be many more rows in the garden than are shown on the tableau.

You next proceed to deal out successive rows in the garden underneath the first one till the pack is exhausted, strictly observing Rule II.

If there is not room to place each row of the garden below the preceding one, it must be placed so as to half cover it, but in that case, especially if there are many vacancies, the rows of cards are apt to get mixed, so it is best to count from the top, to make sure that you are placing the row you are working on in its proper detached line, and are not partly refilling other rows. _You must finish each row before playing from it._

When the garden is laid out, and all available cards have been played (Rule III), take up by itself each perpendicular column, beginning on the left, placing the next column underneath the first, and so on with each column in succession, so that, in turning the pack to re-deal, the last column on the right may be uppermost, thus reversing the order of each row of cards in the next deal.

The garden may be taken up twice and re-dealt exactly in the same manner and observing the same rules.

[Ill.u.s.tration: NESTOR.]

NESTOR

One Entire Pack of Cards

PLAY

Deal out in horizontal lines six rows each containing eight cards. In dealing these, you must be careful that there should never be two cards of equal value in the same _perpendicular_ line. If, for example, two kings or two fives (the same, of course, applies to all the cards) were to be underneath each other, even though several other cards intervened between them, it would be useless to proceed. You must, therefore, consider the duplicate card as unavailable for the moment and place it at the bottom of the pack in hand, and proceed to deal the next card.

When the tableau is complete, four cards will remain, which are to be placed aside, as a reserve. You then examine the tableau and endeavor to pair the cards, taking only those of the lowest row, until their removal releases those above. When no more can be paired, you have recourse to those of the reserve, taking them up one by one. If the first cannot be paired, put it aside, taking the next, but the card or cards so put aside can be paired afterwards if the opportunity of doing so arises. If all the cards cannot be paired, the game has failed.

[Ill.u.s.tration: LIGHT AND SHADE.]

LIGHT AND SHADE

Two Entire Packs of Cards

RULES

I. The foundations ascend in sequence, but are formed in alternate colors: red ace, black deuce, red three, and so on.

II. Cards placed on the Auxiliaries descend in sequence, but must also alternate in color.

III. Vacancies in the Auxiliaries are filled by cards from the Rivals; vacancies in the Rivals, by cards from the pack or talon.

PLAY

Withdraw from the pack the eight aces, and place them in a horizontal line (the suits as in tableau). These are the foundation cards, which ascend in sequence to kings (Rule I).

Next deal out eight cards and place them above the foundations in two rows, four cards in each (see tableau). The upper row is called the Auxiliaries; the lower one, the Rivals. If any suitable cards are found in the Auxiliaries, play them, filling the s.p.a.ces so made from the Rivals (Rule III). Cards from the Rivals may be placed in descending sequence on those of the Auxiliaries (Rule II), and the sequences so formed will be played as opportunity arises on to the foundations.

Continue to deal out the pack, playing, placing on the Auxiliaries, and refilling s.p.a.ces according to rules--the non-suitable cards forming a talon.

It must be remembered that cards can only be played on the foundations _from the Auxiliaries_, and not straight from the Rivals or from the talon; cards from these must first pa.s.s into the Auxiliaries.

There is no re-deal.

[Ill.u.s.tration: THE LABYRINTH.]

THE LABYRINTH