How to Play Grandfather's Clock Cards
The Grandfather's Clock card game is especially fun because of the unique card setup. A round clock face represents the face of a clock and the twelve spaces for the numerals and a tableau below, representing the base. Its rules are similar to a traditional solitaire game and depends mostly on chance. It can be a fun game to play with young children and adults alike.
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Instructions
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Sort cards by removing the Jokers first.
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Go through deck and sort out the following cards in the following order: Place a 9 at the 12 o'clock position, of any suit. Follow with a 10, Jack, Queen, King (skip the Ace), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, all clockwise in a circle, like a face of a clock. You must use a strict alternating suit pattern that repeats itself. For example, if you start with a Heart, and follow with a Spade, Diamond and Club, you must continue on this pattern around the circle.
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Shuffle the rest of the cards.
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Deal eight cards face up in eight separate columns below the clock face. Repeat five times, overlapping each card until remainder of the cards are placed face up in eight columns below the clock face. This is called your tableau.
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Place cards from the tableau onto the clock face, staying within the correct suit and gradually building up the card numbers to the proper number featured on a clock face. For example, you may play a 6 of Spades in the tableau, if it is on top of one of the eight columns, onto a 5 of Spades. If it is at the six o'clock space on the clock, you have completed that position. If not, you continue to build up the clock number until it reaches the correct number.
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Play the tableau cards onto each other in lieu of placing them on the clock face. This is allowed as long as they are descending in number (a 3 onto a 4) and not on the same suit. This will free up cards within the tableau to play on the clock face.
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Complete the game by having the facing card match its space on the clock within that suit for all twelve clock spaces. An Ace will be at 1 o'clock, a two at 2 o'clock and so on. A Jack will be featured at 11 o'clock and a Queen at midnight.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have an empty column in your tableau, you can move any facing card to fill up the space.
