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Solitaire Rules

Click the "Reset Game" button at the top of the board to see the initial configuration. There are four empty spaces at top. The object of the game is to get all of the cards into those four empty spaces. There are seven piles of cards. The first pile has one card, the next two, the next three ... with the top card on each pile face up. The rest of the deck is placed face down to the left of the seven piles.

Movement to the four spaces at the top must be done one card at a time starting with the Aces. Each space is dedicated to one suite and cards must be played in ascending order Ace - King with the Ace being low in this game. Once a card has been moved to one of the upper spaces, it cannot be removed. Again, the object is to get all of the cards into those four upper spaces. Movement among the seven piles is allowed as follows. Cards must be placed atop one another in descending order, alternating colors. For example, a black 7 can only be placed on a red 8. You may only move the top card on the pile or all cards that are face up on the pile. If you move all of the face up cards, the highest card (on the bottom or at the top depending on your interpretation of those words) dictates where the stack may be placed. For example, if you have a black 9, red 8, and black 7 showing in one pile, you may move the black 7 to another red 8 or to its appropriate pile at the top of the board on top of the red 6 of the same suite. You may also move all three (9, 8 and 7) to a red 10 (the red 8 may not be moved by itself nor can it be moved with the black 7). Only a King or a stack of cards headed by a King may be moved to an empty spot.

If you click on the deck of cards, the top 3 cards will be turned over onto the discard pile. You may play the top card according to the rules above. If you play the top card, you may then play the next, etc... When you cannot play the top card, you may click on the deck and another 3 cards will be turned over. You may cycle through the deck as many times as you want (click on the empty supply spot). My game has no scoring, you either win or you don't. There is one more overriding rule. If the program lets you do it it is legal, if it doesn't it isn't.

Black Jack Rules

Java I use the same rules as most Vegas casinos. With a few exceptions:

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