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Betsy Ross and Others

1. Betsy Ross, 1 French deck, 2 redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly luck
   • Fairest
   • Four Kings
   • Musical Patience
   • Quadruple Alliance
   • Plus Belle
2. Calculation, 1 French deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
   • Progression
3. Hopscotch, 1 French deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
4. 1 2 3 4, 1 French deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
   • One234
5. Senior Wrangler, 2 French decks, 8 redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced
6. S Patience, 2 French decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced

Betsy Ross:



Tableaux
8 Betsy Ross foundations, base rank 1
Waste talon, 2 redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Quick Description
Like Calculation but using a waste with 2 redeals instead of row stacks.
Rules
The four foundations at the top are out of play.

The four foundations below build regardless of suit the following way: The first pile from Two, by one. The second pile from Four, by two. The third pile from Six, by three. The fourth pile from Eight, by four.

1:  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T J Q K
2:  4 6 8 T Q A 3 5 7 9 J K
3:  6 9 Q 2 5 8 J A 4 7 T K
4:  8 Q 3 7 J 2 6 T A 5 9 K

When you click on the talon, one card is turned over onto the waste pile. There are 2 redeals.
History
This game is known by many names, such as Fairest, Four Kings, Musical Patience, Quadruple Alliance and Plus Belle.

Calculation:



Tableaux
4 Calculation foundations, base rank 1
4 Calculation rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
The four foundations build regardless of suit the following way: The first pile from Ace, by one. The second pile from Two, by two. The third pile from Three, by three. The fourth pile from Four, by four.

1:  A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T J Q K
2:  2 4 6 8 T Q A 3 5 7 9 J K
3:  3 6 9 Q 2 5 8 J A 4 7 T K
4:  4 8 Q 3 7 J 2 6 T A 5 9 K

Once on a stack, a card can only be moved onto a foundation.

Hopscotch:



Tableaux
4 Calculation foundations, base rank 1
4 Calculation rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
Like Calculation but the initial foundation cards are in club suit.

1 2 3 4:



Tableaux
4 1 2 3 4 foundations, base rank 1
8 Rank only rows, base rank any
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
The row stacks build down in rank, one card moves at a time, foundation cards, except the base card, remain in play. The base cards are picked at random at game start.

1: ... A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T J Q K A ...
2: ... 2 4 6 8 T Q A 3 5 7 9 J K 2 ...
3: ... 3 6 9 Q 2 5 8 J A 4 7 T K 3 ...
4: ... 4 8 Q 3 7 J 2 6 T A 5 9 K 4 ...


Notes
It's supposed to be a Calculation variation, but as written it didn't make sense. If you're not going to document your code, at least make sure that it works before you release it. The name was changed from One234 because this may not be the game that it was intended to be.

Senior Wrangler:



Tableaux
8 Betsy Ross foundations, base rank 1
8 Senior Wrangler rows, base rank any
Senior Wrangler talon, 8 redeals

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
Just keep clicking the talon and hope for the best.

S Patience:



Tableaux
13 Rank only foundations, base rank 1
2 Calculation rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the "S" shaped tableaux.
Rules
The rows build up in rank, no more than eight cards to a row. The two reserve stacks below the waste talon will hold any number of cards from the waste stack.
Notes
Autodrop is not disabled, but wins may be more likely without it.