The set-up of the tableaux is not clearly defined either. The prevalent version prescribes that forty cards are set up into ten columns of four cards each. Each column should have its bottom three cards face down and its top card face up. The three face down cards are collectively known as a "sealed" packet.

The goal of this game is to put the aces in the foundations as soon as they are available and build each of them up to kings.

All the exposed (face-up) cards are available for play, to be built on the foundations or on other exposed cards on the tableaux, and when an face-down card becomes fully exposed, it is turned face-up. Building in the tableaux is down by alternating color. Some rule sets (like that of Solsuite) allow moving of packed sequences as a single unit, making it like Rank and File, while other rule sets (such as that of Pretty Good Solitaire) don't allow moving of sequences.

When all possible moves are made, the stock is dealt one at a time. A card that cannot be played yet onto tableaux or on the foundations is placed on the waste pile, the top card of which is available for play.

The game ends soon after the stock has run out. The game is won when all cards are built onto the foundations.

Thirty-six cards are dealt in to six columns, each containing six cards. The columns are called the "flower beds" and the entire tableaux is sometimes called "the garden." The sixteen leftover cards become the reserve, or "the bouquet."

The top cards of each flower-bed and all of the cards in the bouquet are available for play. Cards can only be moved one at a time and can be built either on the foundations or on the other flower beds. The foundations are built up by suit, from Ace to King (a general idea of the game is to release the aces first). The cards in the garden, on the other hand, can be built down regardless of suit and any empty flower bed can be filled with any card. The cards in the bouquet can be used to aid in building, be put into the foundations, or fill an empty flower bed.

The game is won when all cards end up in the foundations.

First, the four aces are removed from the deck and placed in a row to form the bases of the foundations. These foundations are built up by suit to kings.

Below the foundations, two rows of six cards each (or any preferred arrangement of twelve cards) are dealt. These form the bases of the twelve tableaux piles. The top cards on the tableaux piles are available for building on the foundations and on the tableaux. Building in the tableaux is down by suit and spaces which result in moving a card is filled from the wastepile or, if there is none, the stock. Only one card can be moved at a time.

The stock, when play goes on a standstill, is dealt one card at a time onto a wastepile, the top card of which is available for play on the tableaux or foundations.

The game is won when all cards are built onto the foundations.

First, five cards are dealt in form of a cross: three cards are placed in a row, then two cards are each placed above and below the middle of the three cards. A sixth card is dealt in the upper left corner of the cross. This card will be the base for the first of four foundations. The three cards of the same rank are placed in the other three corners of the cross to become the foundations themselves.

The foundations are built up in suit and building is round-the-corner, i.e. aces are placed above kings, except when aces are the foundation bases.

Cards in the cross are built down regardless of suit and any space in the cross is filled with any available card, whether it is the top card of a pile within the cross, the top card of the wastepile, or a card from the stock. Like the foundations, building in the cross is round-the-corner, i.e. kings are placed over aces, unless aces are the foundations. Only one card can be moved at a time.

Whenever the game goes on a standstill, the stock is dealt one card at a time into the wastepile, the top card of which is available for play on the cross or on the foundations. There is no redeal.

The game ends when goes on another standstill after the stock has run out. The game is won when all cards end up in the foundations.

Thirteen cards are dealt face up to become the reserve, also known as the "Frog." Any aces that are about to be dealt are separated and placed in the foundations; they are not counted in the reserve count. Once the reserve is formed, it is then squared up (i. e. arranged to become one neat pile) and placed on the tableaux face up. The aces that are separated in making the reserve are placed next to the reserve. If case there is no ace segregated in making the reserve, an ace is removed from the stock to become the first foundation.

The foundations are built up regardless of suit up to kings. The aces already in the foundations can be built immediately while any ace that becomes available in the game is placed in the foundations.

The cards are dealt one at a time onto one of five wastepiles. It is the player's discretion where each pile is placed as long as it is placed in one of only five wastepiles. The top cards of each wastepile is available for play to the foundations. The same goes for the top card of the reserve. However, once a card is in a wastepile, it stays there until it can be built on the foundations. Also, there is no redeal.

The game ends long after the stock runs out. The game is won when all cards are built in the foundations.

As in the other games mentioned above, it is a good idea to reserve a wastepile for both kings and queens and to build downwards whenever possible in order to win.

First, two columns of five cards are laid out face-up with their faces showing. These act as the reserve or "gate posts." Then, between these columns, two rows of four cards are dealt, again face-up. These compose the "rails" or the tableaux. The spaces for the foundations are allotted over the first row of cards.

The object of the game, like solitaire games, is to find the aces, place then onto the foundations, and build each of them up by suit to kings.

The cards in the rails are available for play, to be placed on the foundations or onto other cards in the rail. The cards in the rails are built down by alternating color (a card with a red suit over a one with a black suit, and vice versa). Spaces in the rails are filled using cards from the gate posts. If the cards in the gate posts are used up, the top card of the wastepile, or the next card in the stock if there is no wastepile, can be used to fill spaces. The gate posts are never replenished.

Generally, one card can be moved at a time. The most prevalent rule regarding moves of sequences is that sequences can be moved as a whole. However, there is a rule set which does not allow moving groups of cards, effectively making the game harder (mentioned in Card Games Made Easy by Marks and Harrod, ISBN 1-899606-17-3).

The stock can be dealt one card at a time to a wastepile. The top card of which is available for play, either to placed in on the foundations or on the rails, or to fill a gap on the rails. However, once the stock runs out, there are no redeals.

The object of this game is to form eight columns of thirteen cards each. Each column starts with any card and ends with the card a rank lower than the first. In this game, building is round-the-corner, i.e. an Ace can be built over a King and a Deuce (or Two card) can be placed over an Ace.

At the start of the game, each column in the tableaux starts with one card. The cards in the tableaux are built up regardless of suit. Only the top card of each column is available for play and cards are moved one at a time. Spaces can be filled with any card.

When there are no more moves that can be make, the stock is dealt one a time. Any card that cannot be placed onto the tableaux yet is placed on the waste pile, the top card of which is available for play.

The game ends soon after the stock has run out (although some rule sets allow a redeal by picking up the waste pile and turning it face down to make a new stock). The game is won when all cards are built onto the tableaux. It actually does not matter which card starts each column.

First, four cards are dealt face-up, one onto each tableaux pile, and two more cards are dealt face-down on the reserve to be used later. After each deal of six cards, the player pauses to see if any cards are playable. Available for play to the foundations (which are above the four tableaux piles) are the top cards of each tableaux pile.

As they become available, one ace and one king of each suit are placed in the foundations. The aces are built up to kings while the kings are built down to aces, all by suit. Furthermore, once a foundation card is set, any can be built upon it at any time.

Once the player builds the necessary cards one could, another set of six is dealt: one on each of the four tableaux piles and two face-down ones set aside on the reserve. Afterwards, the plays builds more cards and the process is repeated until the stock runs out. Once this occurs, the entire reserve is turned face-up. All cards in that reserve become available to built on the foundations, along with the top cards of each reserve pile.

When play goes on a stand still (when the tableaux and the reserve no longer yields playable cards), the player is then entitled to three redeals. To do a redeal, the player picks up first tableaux pile and places it over the second pile, picks up that newly formed pile and puts in over the third pile, and these three piles are then laid over the fourth pile. Then, the piles are turned face-down to form the new stock, and the remaining reserve piles are placed under it. On the first two redeals, the process of dealing one card on each of the four tableaux piles and two more on the reserve faced down, stopping each time to make any play, and using the reserve when the stock runs out is repeated. But on the last redeal, there is no more reserve; all cards are dealt four at a time, one on each tableaux pile.

The game ends soon after the stock runs out in the last redeal. The game is won when all cards end up in the foundations.

First, a row of eight cards are dealt; this is the "Heads" row. Then 8 piles of 11 cards are dealt; this is reserve. Below them is another row of eight cards, the "Tails" row.

The object of the game is to free one Ace and one King of each suit and build each of them by suit; the Aces are built up to Kings while the Kings are built down to Aces.

Only the cards on the Heads and Tails rows are available to play on the foundations or on either the Heads or Tails row; the eight piles are used only to fill gaps. The cards on the Heads or Tails rows can be built either up or down by suit; building can change direction, but Aces cannot be built onto Kings and vice versa.

When a gap occurs on either the Heads or the Tails row, it is filled by the top card of the reserve pile immediately below or above it (depending on which row the gap is). But when a gap occurs above or below an empty pile, two different rule sets say the gap is filled with:

• The top card of the pile to the immediate left of the empty pile (Solsuite)
• The top card of any other pile. (Pretty Good Solitaire)
• The Pysol version uses the Pretty Good Solitaire algorithm.

The game is won when all cards are built onto the foundations.