House of Commons

Solitaire Rules

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
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 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

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