Batsford is a patience or card solitaire similar to Klondike except that it uses two decks instead of one. The cards are turned up one at a time during a single pass through the deck, and there is also a reserve pile available for a single King.
Rules
The object of this game is to move all cards to the foundations. There are eight foundations that build up from Ace to King in suit, (e.g. A♣, 2♣, 3♣, 4♣...)
There are ten dêpôts in the tableau ranging from one to ten cards long, and which build down in alternating colors, (e.g. 10♠, 9♥, 8♠, 7♦...) Cards in the tableu can be moved to a foundation or onto another tableau stack. Only a King can be moved to an empty space.
The layout also includes a single reserve pile where a single King can be held.
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Batsford Layout
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The stock is turned up one card up at a time. The topmost card can be moved to the foundations or the tableau. Only one pass is allowed through the deck, making this an extremely hard game to win.
References
- Coops, Helen Leslie (1939). 100 Games of Solitaire. Whitman. 128 pp.
- Parlett, David (1979). The Penguin Book of Patience, London: Penguin.
See also
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