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Fan Type Games

1. Box Fan, 1 French deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
2. Clover Leaf, 1 French deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
3. Crescent, 2 French decks, 3 redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
4. Fan, 1 French deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
5. Fascination Fan, 1 French deck, 6 redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced
   • Demon Fan
6. Forest Glade, 2 French decks, 2 redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
7. Free Fan, 1 French deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
8. La Belle Lucie, 1 French deck, 2 redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
   • Fair Lucy
   • Midnight Oil
   • Clover Leaf
9. Quads, 1 French deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
10. Quads +, 1 French deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill
11. School, 1 French deck, 2 redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill
12. Scotch Patience, 1 French deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill
13. Super Flower Garden, 1 French deck, 2 redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill
14. Three Shuffles and a Draw, 1 French deck, 2 redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill
15. Trefoil, 1 French deck, 2 redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill
16. Troika, 1 French deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill

Box Fan:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
16 King alternate color rows, base rank 13
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
Like Fan with four rows of four alternate color, King only row stacks. The Aces are dealt to the foundations.

Clover Leaf:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
16 Clover Leaf rows, base rank any
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
Four rows of same suit, up or down with wrap row stacks. The base card can be an Ace or a King.

Crescent:



Tableaux
8 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
2 Invisible internals
16 Up or down same suit rows, base rank none
Crescent talon, 3 redeals

Rules
Fan like with tableaux stacks that build up or down in suit. The talon redeals only to rows that are not empty.

Fan:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
18 King same suit rows, base rank 13
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
The 18 piles build down by suit. Only one card can be moved at a time, and empty piles can be filled with a King only.
Strategy
Build evenly on to foundations.

Fascination Fan:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
18 Alternate color rows, base rank none
Fascination Fan talon, 6 redeals

Rules
There seems to be herstorical evidence suggesting that Special Relativity was developed by Einstein's wife.

Forest Glade:



Tableaux
16 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
16 Same suit rows, base rank 13
Forest Glade talon, 2 redeals

Rules
The word "husband" applies equally to two legged and four legged livestock.

Free Fan:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
2 reserves, base rank any
18 SuperMove same suit rows, base rank 13
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
Like Fan with two free cells.

La Belle Lucie:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
18 Same suit rows, base rank none
La Belle Lucie talon, 2 redeals

Rules
The 18 piles build down by suit. Only one card can be moved at a time. Empty piles are not filled. When no more moves are possible, click on the talon. All cards on the tableaux will be re-shuffled.
Notes
This game is also known under names such as Clover Leaf, Fair Lucy and Midnight Oil.

Quads:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
13 Quads rows, base rank any
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
The thirteen row stacks build by rank, the foundations build up in suit. Any card or sequence can be played to an empty row. No more than four cards to a row. The Aces are dealt to the foundations leaving four stacks with three cards.

Quads +:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
13 Quads rows, base rank any
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
This is the same as Quads except the cards are dealt to the first twelve rows only, the thirteenth row is left empty.

School:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
16 Rank only rows, base rank none
La Belle Lucie talon, 2 redeals

Rules
Sorta Fan like, rows build by rank only, one card at a time.

Scotch Patience:



Tableaux
4 Alternate color foundations, base rank 1
18 Rank only rows, base rank none
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
The foundations build up by alternate color. The 18 piles build down by rank ignoring suit. Only one card can be moved at a time, and empty piles cannot be filled.

Super Flower Garden:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
18 Rank only rows, base rank none
La Belle Lucie talon, 2 redeals

Rules
Like La Belle Lucie except the rows build down in rank.

Three Shuffles and a Draw:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
1 Three Shuffles and a Draw reserve, base rank any
18 Three Shuffles and a Draw rows, base rank none
La Belle Lucie talon, 2 redeals

Rules
The 18 piles build down by suit. Only one card can be moved at a time. Empty piles are not filled. When no more moves are possible, click on the talon. All cards on the tableaux will be re-shuffled. Once during the game, any one card below the top of a fan may be drawn out and used on foundations or fan builds. Do this by moving the top card of the fan to the Draw pile.

Trefoil:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
16 Same suit rows, base rank none
La Belle Lucie talon, 2 redeals

Rules
Like La Belle Lucie but 16 piles, and the Aces are moved to the foundations at game start. The 16 piles build down by suit. Only one card can be moved at a time. Empty piles are not filled.

Troika:



Tableaux
4 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
18 Rank only rows, base rank none
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
Try to keep your yemstchik from getting so drunk that he drives your tarantass into oblivion.