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Open Sly Fox and Others

1. Double Line, 2 French decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced
2. Grandmamma's Patience, 2 French decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
3. Gremper's Ghost, 2 Hex A Deck decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced
4. Hiroshige's Game, 2 Unsun decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced
5. Maximilian's Folly, 2 Tarock decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced
6. Open Sly Fox, 2 French decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
7. Princess Patience, 2 French decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced

Double Line:



Tableaux
8 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
20 Double Line rows, base rank none
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
This is essentially a tighter version of Grandmamma's Patience. The foundations are all at the top, the left four build up from Ace, the right four build down from King. There are two rows of ten row stacks and no reserves. The talon will only deal a card if the waste is empty.

Grandmamma's Patience:



Tableaux
8 Same suit foundations, base rank any
4 reserves, base rank any
22 Grandmamma's Patience rows, base rank any
Grandmamma's Patience talon, no redeals

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
The layout is an open talon, four foundations, two rows of eleven row stacks, four reserves and four more foundations. The top foundations build down in suit, the bottom foundations build up. The base rank of the top foundations is determined at the deal, the base rank of the bottom foundations is always one rank higher with wrap. Foundation cards are out of play. The rows will accept any card from the talon and will hold only two cards. The reserves will hold any single card. Empty rows are automatically filled from the talon which will deal to a row, a foundation or a reserve.
Notes
This game is very quick and easy to win.

Gremper's Ghost:



Tableaux
10 Same suit foundations, base rank any
6 reserves, base rank any
26 Grandmamma's Patience rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
The layout is similar to Grandmamma's Patience except:
• there's a waste talon instead of an open talon,
• there are four suit foundations and a trump foundation,
• there are two rows of thirteen row stacks,
• there six reserves instead of four,
• there are another five foundations.
The play is the same except that the talon deals to the waste and autodrops to an empty row. As there are only four trumps, if the foundation base rank is greater than four, the base rank of the trumps foundations wraps as often as necessary to be less than or equal to four.
Strategy
Cards on the waste can be placed selectively on the rows.
Notes
RIP RAH

Hiroshige's Game:



Tableaux
10 Same suit foundations, base rank any
5 reserves, base rank any
26 Grandmamma's Patience rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
The layout and play is the same as Gremper's Ghost.

Maximilian's Folly:



Tableaux
10 Same suit foundations, base rank any
6 reserves, base rank any
26 Grandmamma's Patience rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
The layout and play is the same as Gremper's Ghost. As there are twenty-two trumps, if the foundation base rank is greater than fourteen, the base rank of the suit foundations is wrapped.

Open Sly Fox:



Tableaux
8 Sly Fox foundations, base rank 1
20 Sly Fox rows, base rank any
Sly Fox talon, no redeals
Sly Fox waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
This is Sly Fox with an open layout.

Princess Patience:



Tableaux
8 Same suit foundations, base rank 1
32 Princess Patience rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Object
Move all cards to the foundations.
Rules
The layout consists of four rows of four row stacks, two columns of four foundations and four more rows of four row stacks with a waste talon at the bottom. Both sets of foundations build up from Ace in suit, the rows build down in suit. Cards on the row stacks can only be moved if there is no card between the row and the foundations. Row stack cards can be played to another row or the foundations.

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