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# 2.3. Grandfather

This game has been introduced to Paul by his grandfather, so it got this name. There aren't any other patience games known implementing this patience game.

Grandfather deals one deck to seven playing piles while some cards on each pile are face down on initial deal.

The goal is to put all cards as real families ascending on the foundations.

You can move every card on every pile if it fits on another card to build a real sequence with descending order. For example you can move the five of spades on top of the six of spades, no mater how many cards on are on top of the five of spades. Just the six of spades has to be on top of its pile.

On a free pile you can place a king (again no matter how many cards are on top of it)

If no more cards can be moved, you can re-deal up to two times. All cards already in the foundations stay there, but the cards in the playing piles are reordered to give you a new chance to find a solution.

Even though the rules are simple and allow quite some moves, the game is still hard to win, but is still a joy to play (or because of that).

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