Characteristics

Info about Gay Gordons

Deck

Difficulty

Game time

Luck/Skill

Win probability

Objective

What do I have to do?

Remove all cards from the tableau piles and the reserve.

Layout

Know the initial layout of the cards

Tableau piles

10 Tableau piles with 5 face-up cards each. During the deal, if a pile contains 3 Jacks, the middle Jack will be swapped with the top card of the Reserve.

Reserve pile

1 Reserve pile with 2 face-up cards.

Rules

Discover how to play Gay Gordons solitaire

Tableau piles

  • Match exposed cards that add up to 11, Kings with Queens of different suits and pairs of Jacks to move them to the waste pile.
  • The matches that can be made are: King + Queen (different suits), Jack + Jack, 10 + 1, 9 + 2, 8 + 3, 7 + 4 and 6 + 5.
  • Building within the tableau piles is not allowed.
  • Empty piles cannot be filled with any card.

Reserve pile

  • The top card of the reserve can be matched with the top card of any tableau piles.
  • Building within the reserve pile is not allowed.
  • Empty reserve pile cannot be filled with any card.
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