Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience Part 6

[Ill.u.s.tration: THE HEMISPHERES.]

THE HEMISPHERES

Two Entire Packs of Cards

RULES

I. Only cards that belong to their proper hemisphere are available.

II. Cards of the wrong colors may be _exchanged_ into their proper hemispheres whenever the opportunity occurs, and at the end of the game, when all the cards are dealt and the talon is exhausted, they may be _transferred without an exchange_.

III. Cards may only marry those belonging to their own Race, but cards from the talon may marry those of any Race.

IV. The barriers cannot be moved till the end of the game, when they are played to complete the foundations.

V. All the foundations must follow suit.

PLAY

Take from the pack and place as in tableau the four red aces and the four black kings.

Then place _crossways_ a king of hearts and a king of diamonds, an ace of clubs and an ace of spades. The four latter cards are called barriers, and divide each Race.

The four black kings and the four red aces form the foundation cards, the aces ascending in sequence to kings, the kings descending in sequence to aces.

The red cards, representing Europeans and Asiatics, should inhabit the northern hemisphere; the black cards, representing Australians and Africans, the southern; but it is obvious that, in dealing and refilling vacancies, cards will often be found in the wrong hemispheres, _and while there they cannot be used in any way_.

Having placed the foundations and the barriers, deal out (from left to right, beginning from the king of hearts) a circle consisting of three cards between each barrier. These represent the four Races. From these Races you play, marry, and exchange all available cards subject to Rules I, II, III, and V.

_Note._--The red suits marry in descending line; the black, in ascending line.

This done, you deal out the remainder of the pack, first refilling vacancies in the Races (proceeding from left to right, as in the original deal) and then playing all suitable cards. The rest form the talon, from which cards may marry those in the circle, subject to Rules I and III.

There is no re-deal.

[Ill.u.s.tration: NAPOLEON'S SQUARE.]

NAPOLEON'S SQUARE

Two Entire Packs of Cards

RULES

I. Only the uppermost cards of the packets in the square are available until, by their removal, the cards underneath are released, but the whole of the square may be examined.

II. When a vacancy in the square is caused by the removal of an entire packet, the s.p.a.ce may be filled by one card from the talon or pack, but this need not be done until a favorable opportunity occurs.

III. All the foundations must follow suit.

PLAY

Deal out twelve packets, each consisting of four cards dealt together, so as to form three sides of a square, leaving s.p.a.ce in the centre for the eight aces. These are the foundation cards, and are to ascend in sequence to kings.

If any aces appear on the surface of the square, play them in their allotted places, as also any other suitable cards.

You next proceed to form marriages in a descending line with the cards of the square, subject to Rule I. As usual, great judgment must be exercised in making these changes, lest cards underneath should be blocked by a sequence of higher cards of the same suit. If this were to occur in two packets, _i.e._, if in both cases sequences, say, of diamonds blocked lower cards of the same suit, success would be impossible.

_Note._--If after dealing the square two kings of one suit were found to be blocking two smaller cards of that suit, either the whole must be taken up and re-dealt, or one king must be slipped underneath.

You now proceed to play out the rest of the cards, those that are not suitable for the foundations or for the sequences of the square being placed in a talon.

There is no re-deal.

This game may be also played as follows:

Deal out a square of twelve _single_ cards, then deal the rest of the pack as usual, the cards that are suitable being played on the foundations or married (in descending line) to those on the square, ready to be transferred to the foundations, the rest placed in a talon, and vacancies filled in the usual manner.

[Ill.u.s.tration: THE CONSt.i.tUTION.]

THE CONSt.i.tUTION

Two Entire Packs of Cards

RULES

I. The foundations are formed exclusively from the "Privy Council." All cards in the other divisions, pack, or talon must ascend through each division till they reach the top before they can be played.

II. Cards in the three lower divisions may be placed in sequence on cards in the next division above them, and in this manner they may be transferred from one division to another till they reach the top.