House of Commons Solitaire/Patience rules for House of Commons
Object of the game
Create four suit sequences of nine cards each, from Two to Ten
Deck
One modified deck with all jacks, queens and kings removed (40 cards)
Tableau
- 40 tableau piles with One card each
- All Aces are discarded, leaving Four gaps
- A gap must be filled with a card that is one rank higher in same suit of the card to the left of the gap
- The leftmost gap of each row can only be filled with a Two
- The gap to the right of a Ten cannot be filled
- The top card of each pile is available for play on another tableau pile
- Only One card allowed on each pile
Stock
- When selected, all cards that are not in suit sequence beginning with a Two in the leftmost position are collected, shuffled and dealt back, leaving gaps between the end of the each existing suit sequences and the new cards dealt
- One shuffle is permitted
