Forty Thieves uses two decks. Forty cards are dealt into ten piles with four in each. You can move one card at a time. On the table, you can build down, following suit. Any card goes on a free space. The goal is to put all cards on the foundations.
>Topic<General comments
This game is also known as "Napoleon at St Helena". It is one of the more challenging building games, where it pays to think.
>Topic<Rules
Two decks are used.
Forty cards are dealt, open, in ten piles.
On the table, you may build down, following suit.
On the foundations, you build up from ace, following suit.
Any card may be played on a free space.
You flip through the hand one card at a time.
If you can play all cards on the foundations, you have won the game.
>Topic<Strategy
When you can move one card from one pile to another, think first! It is often good to build, but just as often, you will just block an important card that you really need.
Free spaces are very important to win this game.
>Topic<Source
This game is in just about any game book and comes in many computer implementations.
>Topic<Related games
All building games are more or less related, like Klondike, Napoleon etc.
