How to play Australian Patience (Easy)
Goal - Move all the cards to the Foundation
Decks
- A standard deck (52 cards)
Redeals
- 1
Foundation
- Built up by suit from Ace to King
- The top card of each pile is available for move
Tableau
- Built down by suit
- The top card of each pile is available for move
- Complete or partial piles can be moved
- An empty pile can be filled with a King or a pile starting with a King
Stock
- Press to turn over 1 card from the Stock to the Waste
- When empty, press to redeal all cards from Waste to Stock
Waste
- The top card of each pile is available for move
What makes Australian Patience (Easy) different
- Easy mode - the deal is biased toward winnable starting positions.
Strategy & tips
- Easy deals reward experimentation. Try the unconventional first move - most Easy positions tolerate multiple openings.
- Play aces and twos to the foundation immediately, but think twice before sending higher cards - you may need them in the tableau.