Diplomat Solitaire Rules

(Beleaguered Castle type; 2 decks; no redeal)

• Game time: Long

• Difficulty level: Medium

• Skill level: Moderate

• Chance of winning: High; about 1 in 3; 33.3%

Object of the game: To move all the cards to the foundations.

Solitaire Rules
 

Foundations
(8 piles: complete these piles to win the game)

• Build up in suit from Ace to King (for example, a 2 can be played on an Ace).

Tableau
(8 columns of 4 cards each)

• Build down regardless of suit (for example, a 5 can be played on a 6.

• The top card of each pile is available for play on another tableau pile or on the foundations.

• Only one card at a time can be moved.

• Spaces may be filled with any available card.

Stock

• Turn up one card at a time from the stock to the waste by clicking.

• There is no redeal.

Waste
(1 pile)

• The top card is available for play on foundations or tableau.