La Nivernaise Solitaire/Patience rules for La Nivernaise
Object of the game
Move all the cards to the foundations
Deck
104 cards - Two standard decks
Foundation
- Four foundations built up by suit from Ace to King
- Four foundations built down by suit from King to Ace
- The top card of each pile is available for play
Tableau
- Six tableau piles with four cards each
- The top card of each pile is available for play on the foundations or the reserves
- Empty spaces are immediately filled with a new set of four cards from the stockpile
- No building is allowed on the tableau piles
Reserve
- Eight reserves with one card each
- Storage location for any card from the tableau. Only one card may be placed on each pile until needed
- The top card of each pile is available for play on the foundations
Stock
- When selected, deals four cards to each tableau pile
- When selected and the stockpile is empty, all cards are collected and dealt out again onto the tableau with four cards each, without shuffling
- Two redeals are permitted (three deals in total)
