"Alhambra Solitaire" Game

This game is played with two decks. First, 4 aces of 4 suits and 4 kings of 4 suits are laid out as the beginning of 8 bases. The goal of the game is to place all cards into bases. Bases are built from cards of the same suit, where decks starting with aces are laid out ascending, and decks starting with kings are laid out descending.

Eight decks are laid out under the bases, with each deck having four cards. The remaining cards form a reserve. Each time you move a card from the reserve to the discard, you may move a card to the base if possible. You cannot stack a new card in reserve, you may move a card to base or discard a card if the card is the same suit and one higher or lower in value than a card in the deck (King goes for Ace). When the main cards in the stack run out, you can flip them over and turn them back into active cards. You can take advantage of this twice in the game. The point of this game is to calculate which cards to discard and which not. The more cards you can flip to the bases, the more points you score.

Play this special solitaire card game where the cards are stacked on the waste pile