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- **FOUR SEASONS**
-
- The aim of this patience is to form four ascending sequences, following suit,
- upon the Foundation bases. (Single pack).
-
- 1 Deal out a row of three cards face up, then place two more cards face up
- above and below the middle card of the first three to form a little cross.
- These are the Depot cards. The Foundations will be built one to each side of
- the single top card, and one to each side of the lowest card.
-
- 2 To start, place a card face up to the left of the top card; this is the Base
- Card for its particular Foundation, and it determines the value of the Base
- Cards upon which the other three Foundations will be built. Eg, if this first
- Foundation card is a Four of Hearts, then the other Foundations will start
- with Fours. Place the remaining pack face down to form the Stock.
-
- 3 Turn over the top Stock card. If possible, move cards from the Rubbish pile
- and Depots to the Foundations, commencing new Foundations with the designated
- Base Cards as early as possible, or building upon existing ones in ascending
- sequence and following suit. Once the King has been reached in a particular
- Foundation the next card to be laid upon it will be an Ace of the same suit.
-
- 4 Next pack (as far as possible) any single card from the Rubbish pile or a
- Depot to another Depot in descending sequence regardless of suit. This creates
- vacant Depots to receive cards from the Rubbish pile. Repeat steps 3 and 4.
-
- 5 Once the Stock becomes exhausted the Rubbish pile may be turned over to form
- the Stock once more. When no more cards can be moved, and the Rubbish pile has
- already been re-used, the game is lost.
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