Storehouse Solitaire

Objective

Storehouse Solitaire is a variant of Canfield Solitaire. The aim of Storehouse Solitaire is to build four foundations by suit using a standard 52-card deck.

Setup

FOUNDATION - All deuces are taken out and dealt to four foundation piles at the beginning.

RESERVE - Another 13 cards are dealt face-down to a reserve pile. The top card of reserve pile is turned face up.

TABLEAU - Four tableau piles; each pile is dealt one card face-up.

STOCK - After dealing cards to the reserve, foundation, and tableau, remaining cards are set aside forming a stock pile.

WASTE - An empty waste pile.

Gameplay

  • Foundation piles are built up by suit starting from Deuce to Ace, wrapping from King to Ace.
  • On the tableau, cards are played by suit in descending order, wrapping from Ace to King if required.
  • Top card of a tableau pile can be played to the foundation.
  • All cards from one tableau pile can be moved together to another tableau pile. A portion of the tableau pile can not be moved to another tableau pile.
  • An empty pile in the tableau can be filled with a card from the reserve first. If there is no card in the reserve, then top card from the waste pile can be used. Empty tableau pile can not be filled with a card or set of cards from another tableau pile.
  • Top card from the reserve pile can be played to the foundation or, the tableau. Whenever a card is moved from the reserve pile, face-down top card of the reserve pile is turned face up.
  • Player can click on the stock pile anytime which deals 1 card face-up onto the waste pile. 2 redeals are allowed so when all cards from the stock pile are moved to the waste pile, it can be moved back to the stock pile by clicking on empty stock pile.
  • Top card from the waste pile is allowed to be moved onto the tableau or foundation piles.
  • A card from the foundation can not be moved to any of the tableau piles.

The game ends once all cards are moved onto the foundation piles.

Controls

  • Drag and drop cards between piles.
  • Click top card in the stock pile to draw card to the waste pile.
  • Double click card in the waste pile, or the reserve pile, or any of the tableau piles to automatically move to the foundation.
  • Click empty stock pile to move cards from the waste pile to the stock pile.