Variants Of Pyramid Solitaire
Out of the different solitaire games you will come across, few are as popular as pyramid solitaire. There is a clear problem with the game however and that is with the initial deal of the cards. Depending on the deal you will often run into unbeatable situations very often. With a single rule change a varity of the game has been developed and the result is that the game can be won, but it is based more on skill and this ads to the fun.
The aim of the game is to remove all the 28 cards that are dealt in the pyramid layout as well as the remaining 24 un-dealt cards that remain in the deck.
You need to remove the cards in pairs that add up to a total of 13. This goes for all the cards except the Kings that are removed on their own. All numbered cards carry their face value with the aces = 1, jacks = 11, queens = 12 and the kings =13. You can therefore combinte a jack and a 2 to make 13. The only way to remove cards is when they are totally exposed (no cards lying on top of them). All cards in the pyramid shape will be covered by two cards initially until those are removed from the bottom up.
Once the pyramid has been laid out, there will be 24 cards left in the deck. These card are then turned over 3 at a time. The 3 cards that are turned over cover the cards that you turned over previously. Once you have gone through all of the un-dealt cards, the piles are combined again and you can go through them again. The rules of the game allows you to go through them a total of 3 times.
Although the standard game is very enjoyable, it far too often leaves the player unable to complete the deal due to bad luck. The rule change that greatly improves the game, is to allow the player to take away a single card from either the pyramid or upturned deck cards and put it to the side.
If the players has placed a card to the side, this card can be used at any time. This makes it possible to either remove a card from the upturned deck or the pyramid to reveal more choices and to work out a snag that was keeping them back. There can only be one card at a time that is put to the side.
This rule really makes the game much more playable, but it was necessary for another change however to make sure that the game still remains a challenge. A player is now only allowed to work through the un-dealt deck of cards once.
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