Thieves of Egypt Solitaire

Thieves of Egypt is a variation of Forty Thieves Solitaire. In this game, tableau cards are dealt in a pyramid shape, and tableau piles are built down by alternating colors.

How to Play Thieves of Egypt Solitaire

Rules

Rules are very similar to Forty Thieves with some differences (highlighted):

• Tableau piles are built down in suit by alternating color.
• One card or a sequence of cards in the correct order can be moved as a group.
• Only King can be placed in an empty tableau spot.
• Foundations are built up by suit, starting from Ace and ending with King.
• One card is dealt at a time from the stock to the waste pile.
• You can play the top card from the waste.
• The stock can only be redealt once.

Objective

Move all the cards to the foundations.

Setup

• The game uses two standard 52-card decks, shuffled together.

• At the start of the game, 55 cards are dealt face up to the tableau in the form of a pyramid:

  • 1st tableau pile 1 card
  • 2nd tableau pile 3 cards
  • 3rd tableau pile 5 cards
  • 4th tableau pile 7 cards
  • 5th tableau pile 9 cards
  • 6th tableau pile 10 cards
  • 7th tableau pile 8 cards
  • 8th tableau pile 6 cards
  • 9th tableau pile 4 cards
  • 10th tableau pile 2 cards

• There are 8 foundation piles.

• The remaining cards form the stock pile, which is placed face down.