A favorite of many solitaire "Pyramid"

The French word "patience" is translated as "patience". The first similar game appeared among the prisoners imprisoned by the enemies of Cardinal Mazarin and King Louis XIV. What else did the prisoners have to do in the dungeons laid out of the cold stone, how not to try to pass the time with cards? In the future, solitaire games became the favorite entertainment of the ladies of the Rococo era, after which this game became popular in the rest of the world. And today she is no less loved.

With the development of technology there was an electronic version of the game "Pyramid" (solitaire). Consequently, it became possible to lay it out where it is convenient, even without a deck of cards. Our contemporaries, exhausted by economic shocks and crises, it is useful to know the rules of this game. Explain this benefit easily - the "Pyramid" solitaire calms the nerves.

For him, a full deck of 52 cards is used. Jokers are removed. A deck of cards is shuffled - and a figure resembling a pyramid is laid out from the top fifteen cards (at the same time it is necessary to open these cards). To solitaire "Pyramid" was real, this figure should consist of 5 rows. So, in the first row is 1 card, in the second - 2, and so up to 5 cards in the last row. The remaining cards are deposited in a closed deck to the side. They will be needed in the future to recover those that were taken out of the pyramid, as well as for their percussion Attachments to the descending or ascending series on the initial maps.

Before you start playing the solitaire "Pyramid-Rug", you first need to decide which cards to call the base. You should evaluate the laid out pyramid, then mark 2, 3 or 4 times repeated cards of common denomination (for example, 2, 3 or 4 ladies, 2, 3 or 4 sevens, etc.). These cards will be basic. It is on them will be collected the remaining deck. In ascending or descending order - this must be solved, also based on the maps that lie in the pyramid. If you notice that it is possible to take more cards for an ascending order from it - it will be so, and vice versa.

Further, when you unfold the Solitaire "Pyramid", the base cards are taken out of the deck, after which they are placed under the pyramid, from above those that fell on them. Then empty spaces are filled in the pyramid with cards from the deck. Next you need to see which cards can be put on top of the base, then fill in the empty seats that have arisen.

When playing the solitaire "Pyramid" can come the moment when the pyramid will no longer have empty seats. At the same time, there will be nothing to put on the base maps. In this case, proceed as follows. You need to open one card, and create an open deck. At the same time, its top card should be free to shift. If there is an opportunity to take a card from the pyramid, it is done immediately. Free space should be covered with a card from the deck. In this case, if you have three times looked at the deck, but the solitaire still did not work out - try again.

Also there is a complicated version of this solitaire, when the aces are immediately determined by the base cards, with the sequence increasing. At the very beginning of the game all the aces are taken out, then they are put under the pyramid.

The next option is when the aces are not removed from the deck beforehand, but are extracted directly from the pyramid. In such cases, it is much harder to win, the more joyful will be the moment of victory!