House of Commons Solitaire/Patience rules for House of Commons
Object of the game
Create four suit sequences, each with nine cards, from Two to Ten
Deck
40 cards - One modified deck, with all Jacks, Queens, and Kings removed
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 the same suit as the card to the left of the gap
- The leftmost gap in 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 a suit sequence, beginning with a Two in the leftmost position, are collected, shuffled, and dealt back, leaving gaps between the end of each existing suit sequence and the newly dealt cards
- One shuffle is permitted
