Gargantua
written by Jonathan Blandford and Zach Keene
Setup
Type of Deck
Two Standard Decks
Stock
Top left pile. The rest of the deck is placed here after
dealing on to the Tableau. Cards are turned over one at a
time to Waste. One redeal.
Waste
To be taken from Stock. Top card available for
play.
Foundation
Eight piles top right. To be built up in suit from Ace to
King. Topmost card in each Foundation can be played back on
to the Tableau.
Tableau
Nine piles. Deal card face up in first pile. Place one
card face down on all other piles. Place one card face up
on next pile followed by one card face down on all covered
piles. Repeat until there are nine cards in last pile.
Tableau can be built down in alternating colors. Groups of
cards can be moved. Empty piles can only be filled by Kings
or group of cards starting with a King.
Goal
Move all cards to the Foundation piles.
Rules
Cards in the Tableau are built down by alternating color. Groups of
cards can be moved. An empty pile in the Tableau can be filled with
a King or a group of cards with a King on the bottom.
Cards are flipped from the Stock to the Waste individually. Top
card in Waste is in play. When Stock is empty, move all cards in
Waste back to the Stock, maintaining order. You can go through the
deck two times.
Foundations are built up in suit from Ace to King. Cards in
Foundations are still in play. Double clicking on a card will move
it to the appropriate Foundation pile if such a move is
possible.
Double clicking on a foundation card will move all the cards that
can be moved to the foundation to the foundation. This
is useful for cleaning up at the end of the game.
Options
None.
Scoring
Each card in the Foundation piles scores one point.
Maximum possible score: 104
Strategy
Don't give up the ship! Try brute force methods when the game seems
over. Sometimes a combination of using cards already in the
Foundation and rearranging sequences will free up some needed cards.