Aunt Mary
Setup
Type of Deck
Standard Deck
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. Two redeals.
Waste
To be taken from Stock. Top card available for
play.
Foundations
Four 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
Six piles, deal card face up in first pile. Place one
card face down on all other piles. Place one card face up
on the first two piles then one card face down on all covered
piles. Place three cards face up and the rest face down and so on.
Repeat gradually revealing more cards each time until there are
six rows with six cards.
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 three 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.
Scoring
Each card in the Foundation piles scores one point.
Maximum possible score: 52
Strategy
Aunt Mary is extremely difficult and rarely solvable.
The real challenge is not finishing but seeing how far you can get.