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Solitaire games are meant to be played when you are solitary or alone. They will help you pass the time pleasantly when you have to stay in bed or when you want to relax.
ACCORDION
(1 deck)
Deal the cards one at a time face up, in a row from left to right. Go slowly so that you can continually compare the last card dealt with its neighbors. Whenever this card matches its immediate neighbor at the left, or the card third to its left, you may move the new card over upon that which it matches. The matching may be in suit or in rank. Suppose that the first four cards you turn up are:
<spade> J, <diamond> 5, <club> 8, <spade> 8
The <club> 8 matches the <spade> 8 and also the <spade> Jack. You may move it over upon either card. Here, it is just a guess which play will turn out better. Later on, you will find that one play is better than another, when you have choice, for it opens additional plays. Keep watch for new plays made possible by consolidating piles. For example, suppose that you deal
<heart> 2, <club> 5, <diamond> Q, <club>2
You can move the <club> 2 upon the <heart> 2. Then two clubs are adjacent, so you can move the <club> 5 upon the <club>2.
Move the piles of cards as a whole, not just the top card. When a gap is left in the row because you have moved a pile away, shove all the piles leftward to close up the gap.
To Win the Game you must get the whole deck into one pile. You will not succeed very often. You really are entitled to consider that you have won if you end with no more than five piles.
Related terms include kids card games and pyramids card game.
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