This game is largely similar to Calculation except that there isn't a tableau, and there is only one waste pile instead of four
Play
To begin the game, four cards (regardless of suit) are removed from the deck and placed in a row: an ace, a two, a three, and a four. Another four cards are placed in a row below those four cards: a two, a four, a six, and an eight. The table below shows how this is arranged:
| A | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
The cards on the second row compose the foundations themselves, while the cards on the row above denote how the cards should be built on the foundations. The foundation placed under the ace starts with the two and it is built in ones. The foundation under the two starts with the four and it is built in twos, and so on. The table below shows how the foundations should be built:
| Signs & Foundations |
A | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | J | Q | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | Q | A | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | J | K | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | Q | 2 | 5 | 8 | J | A | 4 | 7 | 10 | K | |
| 4 | 8 | Q | 3 | 7 | J | 2 | 6 | 10 | A | 5 | 9 | K | |
The game is won when every card from the stock is built on the foundations. The game is lost, however, if it ends with cards still on the wastepile that cannot be transferred to the foundations.