General's Patience solitaire rules
Objective
Play all cards into the foundation piles.Initial Deal
When the game starts, 13 cards are dealt into the reserve and 3 cards are dealt into the tableau. The deal is then paused until one of the 3 tableau cards is played into a foundation, which establishes the first rank of all foundation piles. After this card is played, the deal continues.Foundation Piles
- The 8 foundation piles are built upward in suit consecutively, with Aces built onto Kings.
- A pile is complete when it contains 13 cards.
Reserve Pile
13 cards are dealt into the reserve pile at the start of the game. The top card of the reserve is available for play onto foundations only.Tableau Columns
- The 9 tableau columns are built downward in alternating color.
- Uncovered end cards are available for play.
- Empty tableau spaces are filled automatically from the stock.
Stock Pile
Cards are dealt 1 at a time from the stock pile to the waste pile. 1 redeal.Waste Pile
The top card of the waste pile is available for play. After the redeal, the waste pile can contain only 1 card. If that card cannot be played, no more cards can be dealt from the stock.Scoring
Every card played into the foundations will score.Similar Games
General's Patience is one of the fun solitaire games in Solavant solitaire for Mac OS X.
