Pyramid Solitaire is a unique and popular solitaire game. When playing with the standard rules, due to bad luck with the initial deal, many games cannot be won. In this guide, I will show you one rule change that greatly increases the number of games that can be won, enhances the element of player skill required and of course makes this particular solitaire variant more fun.
In a game of pyramid solitaire your aim is to remove all of the cards. It starts with the initial 28 dealt in the pyramid shape and then the 24 others that remain in the deck.
When you play pyramid solitaire you will remove pairs of cards that add up to 13, except for the King which you can removed as a single card. The numbered cards carry their face value and the other card values are as follows: Aces = 1, Kings = 13, Queens = 12 and Jacks = 11. So you can combine for example an ace with a queen to get to a total of 13. You need to remove cards that are not covered by any other cards and the cards are removed from the bottom on up.
This deal leaves 24 un-dealt cards left in the deck. These cards can only be turned over 3 at a time. Each time 3 new cards are turned over they cover the previously upturned cards. Once the player goes through the un-dealt cards, they can combine the piles together (without shuffling) and go through them again. In the standard rules the player is allowed to go through the un-dealt cards 3 times.
Although the standard game is very enjoyable, it far too often leaves the player unable to complete the deal due to bad luck. The rule change that greatly improves the game, is to allow the player to take away a single card from either the pyramid or upturned deck cards and put it to the side.
If the players has placed a card to the side, this card can be used at any time. This makes it possible to either remove a card from the upturned deck or the pyramid to reveal more choices and to work out a snag that was keeping them back. There can only be one card at a time that is put to the side.
With this advantage, another rule has been introduced which restricts the player on another level. It is that they are only allowed to work through the un-dealth deck of cards once.
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