Cavalier: Queen of Tarot

Cavalier

Tarock type. 1 deck. No redeal.

Object

Move all cards to the foundations.

Quick description

This is a Baker's Dozen type game played with the 78 card Tarock deck. Piles build down in rank in alternate colors. The Trumps can play as either color.

Rules

Rows build down in rank by alternate color with the Trumps playing< as either color. A pile may be moved to another location but only a single card may be played on an empty row. Cards may be played from the foundations.

Strategy

Use the Trumps to open spots for suit cards.

Author

This game and documentation has been written by T. Kirk.

Image Gallery

Cavalier Tarot Solitaire in PySolFC

Gamblers caught printing cards in China

Tags: chinese, china, playing cards, asian, 1294, history

On the twenty-third day of the sixth month in the thirty-first year of the zhiyuan period (17 July 1294), we caught Yan Sengzhu and Zheng Zhugou playing cards, and have also found wood blocks to print cards. Each person has admitted to the truth of the accusation. We have, according to the rules, passed judgement and punished correctly the organizer Lu Donger, accessory to gambling Zheng Zhugou, the owner of the premises Jiang Sier, and the block printer Ye Lin, and dispatched to the Ever-abundant Treasury for deposit the nine cards (zhipai) that were about to be destroyed, and...