Grandfather's Clock Solitaire Rules

(One-Deck type; 1 deck; no redeal)

• Game time: Medium

• Difficulty level: Easy

• Skill level: Mostly chance

• Chance of winning: Very high; about 3 in 4; 75%

Object of the game: To move all the cards to the foundations (the "Clock").

Solitaire Rules

Foundations
(12 piles: the "Clock". Complete these piles to win the game)

• Build up in suit from the base card until the top card of each foundation shows the number corresponding to its position on a clock face (the "hour" in a clock in that position). For example, the 3 at the bottom would build up to the 6 (6 o'clock).

• Jack equals 11 o'clock and Queen equals 12 o'clock.

• Ranking of cards is continuous: build Aces after Kings when necessary.

• All the piles will require 3 cards, except the Ten, Jack, Queen and King, which will require 4 cards each.

Tableau
(8 columns of 5 cards each)

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

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

• Only one card at a time can be moved.

• Spaces may be filled with any available card.