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Two decks, nine columns

Double Klondike

Two decks Draw: 1 · 3
Double Klondike in Cardz, played with the Valhalla deck
Valhalla deck
The Double Klondike board1 stock, 1 waste, 8 foundations, 9 tableaus. Fanned piles are shown with a trail of cards.
StockWasteFoundationTableau

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

  • Two decks are shuffled together, so every card appears twice and each suit has two foundations.
  • Tableau columns build down in alternating colour (e.g. a red 6 on a black 7). Move a single card or a valid run.
  • Only face-up cards can be picked up; uncovering a face-down card flips it.
  • An empty column can be started with a King (or a run headed by a King).
  • Draw from the stock to the waste one or three cards at a time, as the variant says; only the top card of the waste is in play. Recycle the waste back to the stock when it runs out.
  • Your score, kept for a win: 10 for each card on the foundations, 5 for each tableau card turned up, and points off for going back through the stock. It never drops below 0.
Read its design file 49 lines

Klondike's stock, waste and turn-up columns stretched over two decks: eight repeated foundations and a nine-column diagonal deal. This is Double Klondike; the other variants change a line or two. Make a game explains every part of it.

{
  "name": "Double Klondike",
  "family": "Klondike",
  "description": "**Goal:** build all eight foundations up from Ace to King, each in a single suit.\n\n- Two decks are shuffled together, so every card appears **twice** and each suit has two foundations.\n- Tableau columns build **down in alternating colour** (e.g. a red 6 on a black 7). Move a single card or a valid run.\n- Only **face-up** cards can be picked up; uncovering a face-down card flips it.\n- An empty column can be started with a **King** (or a run headed by a King).\n- Draw from the **stock** to the waste **one or three cards at a time**, as the variant says; only the top card of the waste is in play. Recycle the waste back to the stock when it runs out.\n- Your **score**, kept for a win: 10 for each card on the foundations, 5 for each tableau card turned up, and points off for going back through the stock. It never drops below 0.",
  "decks": [{ "count": 2 }],
  "depots": [
    { "type": "Stock", "col": 0, "row": 0, "name": "stock", "ejectRule": "locked",
      "landFace": "Down", "draw": { "to": "waste", "recycle": true } },
    { "type": "Waste", "col": 1, "row": 0, "name": "waste", "acceptRule": "none",
      "ejectRule": "topOnly" },
    { "type": "Foundation", "col": 3, "row": 0, "name": "found", "repeat": 8,
      "acceptRule": { "seed": "Ace", "build": { "direction": "Up" }, "suit": "Same" },
      "ejectRule": "locked" },
    { "type": "Tableau", "col": 1, "row": 1, "name": "tab", "repeat": 9,
      "acceptRule": { "seed": "King", "build": { "direction": "Down" }, "suit": "AlternateColor" },
      "ejectRule": "faceUp", "autoFlipTop": true }
  ],
  "dealRules": [
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-1", "faceUp": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup",
      "to": ["tab-2", "tab-3", "tab-4", "tab-5", "tab-6", "tab-7", "tab-8", "tab-9"], "faceDown": 1,
      "roundRobin": true },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-2", "faceUp": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": ["tab-3", "tab-4", "tab-5", "tab-6", "tab-7", "tab-8", "tab-9"],
      "faceDown": 1, "roundRobin": true },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-3", "faceUp": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": ["tab-4", "tab-5", "tab-6", "tab-7", "tab-8", "tab-9"],
      "faceDown": 1, "roundRobin": true },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-4", "faceUp": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": ["tab-5", "tab-6", "tab-7", "tab-8", "tab-9"], "faceDown": 1,
      "roundRobin": true },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-5", "faceUp": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": ["tab-6", "tab-7", "tab-8", "tab-9"], "faceDown": 1,
      "roundRobin": true },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-6", "faceUp": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": ["tab-7", "tab-8", "tab-9"], "faceDown": 1, "roundRobin": true },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-7", "faceUp": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": ["tab-8", "tab-9"], "faceDown": 1, "roundRobin": true },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-8", "faceUp": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-9", "faceDown": 1 },
    { "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab-9", "faceUp": 1 }
  ],
  "depotOnly": true,
  "winCondition": { "kind": "allCardsIn", "depots": "Foundation" },
  "scoring": {
    "value": "max(0, 10 * sum(Foundation, count(it)) + 5 * (36 - count(faceDown(Tableau))) - 100 * recycles)"
  },
  "tools": "None"
}
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