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How to Play Royal Families Solitaire

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Royal Families solitaire is a played with 8 Foundation piles and 3 Tableau piles both built in either even or odd order. When all the royal cards are showing, you know you have won. Challenge yourself with this version of solitaire.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • 5- card deck (Jokers removed)
  1. Step 1

    Remove the Twos and the Aces from the deck and arrange them on the table as follows: lay each Ace facing outward in a large square. Lay the Two that corresponds to the same suit as the Ace sideways above each Ace forming a "T" shape with the Ace and the Two. These will form 8 Foundation piles.

  2. Step 2

    Shuffle the deck and deal out 3 cards face up to the side as your Tableau piles.

  3. Step 3

    Take the top card from the deck and place it down face up onto the table to form your waste pile.

  4. Step 4

    Place each card that you lay down, if you can, onto any of your Foundation piles by suit, building up in either odd or even order. For instance, if you deal a Three, place it onto the Ace, and finish up the pile with only odd numbers, if a Four, place it onto the Two and finish it with only even-numbered cards.

  5. Step 5

    Find the Kings as you go and place them in the center of the box perpendicular and above the Two corresponding to its suit.

  6. Step 6

    Put any extra cards that you can onto the Tableau piles in descending order in even or odd order following suit. Use any card from the Tableau pile as you need it to place onto the Foundation piles.

  7. Step 7

    Flip the Waste pile over and play again if you need to. You may do this 1 time.

  8. Step 8

    Win the game if you manage to place all your cards onto the Foundation piles after reusing your Waste pile once. Lose if you still have cards in your Waste pile or Tableau pile at game's end.

Tips & Warnings
  • Jacks are odd and Queens are even in the game of Royal Families solitaire.
  • Only the top card of the Tableau piles or the top card of the Waste pile may be played in the game.
  • You can also play Royal Families solitaire by building the suits in downward order.

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