The Clock (patience)

The Clock is a very easy game of patience (US: "solitaire") played with 52 cards of a French deck. You have 13 foundations to drop cards. Each foundation has a specific card value (the clock value). Four layers of cards are built on each foundation that must alternate in colour (starting with either black or red is permissible).

Setup
Figure 1: The Clock - Game in Progress

One French deck of 52 cards, without the Jokers, is used. All the Ones will be placed at the 1 o'clock position of an imaginary clock, all Queens at 12 o'clock, and the Kings in the centre. In the computer game illustration, the stock and waste are inside the Clock. If playing the game with a real deck, one would hold the stock in your hand and put the waste at a convenient location outside the Clock.

Rules

The foundation base suit must be decided. Cards are drawn one by one from the stock. Foundations are built by alternating colours, starting with the card of that rank and the base suit. This means that the second card on the foundation must be of the opposite colour to the foundation suit. The waste pile may be recycled up to twice. [1]

Strategy

It is best to play slowly. If a usable card is missed, the game becomes harder to solve. If no opportunities to move are missed, every game is solvable.

References

Heinrich, Rudolf (2011). Die schönsten Patiencen, Perlen-Reihe 641, 35th edition. Vienna: Perlen-Reihe Verlag. ISBN 3-85223-095-0

See also
  • List of solitaire card games
  1. Heinrich 2011, pp. 11/12.
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