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Thirteen columns, Kings sunk first

Baker's Dozen

One deck
The Baker's Dozen board4 foundations, 13 tableaus. Fanned piles are shown with a trail of cards.
FoundationTableau

Goal: build all four foundations up from Ace to King, each in a single suit.

  • Thirteen columns of four, all face-up. Columns build down in any suit, one card at a time.
  • An emptied column stays empty — nothing may be placed back into it. There is no stock and no redeal.
  • Sink the Kings first. A King outranks every card and an empty column takes nothing, so a King can never move, and whatever sits under one is stuck for good. By tradition you begin by sliding each King to the bottom of its own column: arm ORDER (press D) and drag it down. This is a convention you apply yourself, not a rule — skip it for a much harder game.
Read its design file 22 lines

Thirteen open columns that build down in any suit one card at a time, empty columns that take nothing back, and a King sink left to the player instead of the deal. Written as a design file, this is the whole game. Make a game explains every part of it.

{
  "name": "Baker's Dozen",
  "family": "Baker's Dozen",
  "description": "**Goal:** build all four foundations up from Ace to King, each in a single suit.\n\n- Thirteen columns of four, all face-up. Columns build **down in any suit**, **one card at a time**.\n- An **emptied column stays empty** — nothing may be placed back into it. There is no stock and no redeal.\n- **Sink the Kings first.** A King outranks every card and an empty column takes nothing, so a King can never move, and whatever sits under one is stuck for good. By tradition you begin by sliding each King to the bottom of its own column: arm **ORDER** (press **D**) and drag it down. This is a convention you apply yourself, not a rule — skip it for a much harder game.",
  "depots": [
    { "type": "Foundation", "col": 4.5, "row": 0, "name": "found", "repeat": 4,
      "acceptRule": {
        "single": true,
        "seed": "Ace",
        "build": { "direction": "Up" },
        "suit": "Same"
      },
      "ejectRule": "locked" },
    { "type": "Stock", "col": -1, "row": -1, "name": "stock", "offTable": true },
    { "type": "Tableau", "col": 0, "row": 1, "name": "tab", "repeat": 13,
      "acceptRule": { "single": true, "seedNone": true, "build": { "direction": "Down" } },
      "ejectRule": "any" }
  ],
  "dealRules": [{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab", "faceUp": 4, "roundRobin": true }],
  "depotOnly": true,
  "winCondition": { "kind": "allCardsIn", "depots": "Foundation" }
}
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