Batsford (card game)

Batsford is a patience or card solitaire similar to Klondike except that it uses two decks instead of one. The cards are turned up one at a time during a single pass through the deck, and there is also a reserve pile available for a single King.

Rules

The object of this game is to move all cards to the foundations. There are eight foundations that build up from Ace to King in suit, (e.g. A♣, 2♣, 3♣, 4♣...)

There are ten dêpôts in the tableau ranging from one to ten cards long, and which build down in alternating colors, (e.g. 10♠, 9♥, 8♠, 7♦...) Cards in the tableu can be moved to a foundation or onto another tableau stack. Only a King can be moved to an empty space.

The layout also includes a single reserve pile where a single King can be held.

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  Batsford Layout

The stock is turned up one card up at a time. The topmost card can be moved to the foundations or the tableau. Only one pass is allowed through the deck, making this an extremely hard game to win.

References

• Coops, Helen Leslie (1939). 100 Games of Solitaire. Whitman. 128 pp.
• Parlett, David (1979). The Penguin Book of Patience, London: Penguin.

See also

• Klondike
• List of patiences and solitaires
• Glossary of patience and solitaire terms