![]() ![]() Descriptions in the 1940s started to allow entire sequences to be moved, and partial sequences soon after, and these are the rules most commonly used today. You can move a group of cards if they are of the same. Card Layout In all versions of the game (1 Suit, 2 Suit, and 4 Suit) the game is played with two decks with no jokers, or 104 cards, shuffled before every game. When a card is moved leaving a facedown card, that card is then flipped over and can be sequenced. For example a 5 of club can be moved under a 6 of club or 6 of hearts. īeing able only to move the top card of piles under the original rules is very restrictive, since empty spaces can't be used to move cards around. You can move the cards from the tableau under a card of any suit in descending order. These make no mention of a Spider style deal, or of moving sequences. The original German rules were included in Illustriertes Buch der Patiencen (published in about 1875) under the name "Der Olymp". The game is won when all the cards are in the foundations with the Kings and Queens on top. Moving, filling gaps with new cards, and dealing a new set of nine cards continue until the stock has been used up. Once all possible moves have been made or the player has made all moves he wanted to make, a new set of nine cards are dealt (Spider style), one for each pile. ![]() Any appropriate card can be placed on the foundations at any time. A sequence of cards (such as 6-8-10♣) can be moved as one unit. A card can be placed on an applicable card, but spaces are not filled. These nine cards start each of the nine piles in the tableau.īuilding on the 16 foundations is up by suit in intervals of two:īuilding on the tableau is down, also by suit in intervals of two (i.e. Although this is part of the theme that gives the game its name, the player can opt to just lay the nine cards in a straight line. ![]() Then the remaining 88 cards are shuffled and nine of them are laid out on the tableau in an inverted "V" formation. It is probably thus named because of the tableau's mountain shape and because if won, all the Kings and Queens are displayed, like the Greek gods and goddesses who were said to reside on Mount Olympus.įirst, all aces and deuces, or twos (16 cards in all), are removed from the two decks. Mount Olympus is a solitaire card game using two decks of 52 playing cards. ![]()
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