Two decks. No second chances.
Forty Thieves
Two decks
Goal: build all eight foundations up from Ace to King, each in a single suit.
- Tableau columns build down in the same suit, one card at a time (no group moves).
- Any single card may start an empty column.
- Draw from the stock to the waste one card at a time; there is no recycling.
Read its design file 22 lines
Two decks, eight foundations, and ten same-suit columns that move one card at a time, fed by a stock that never recycles. Written as a design file, this is the whole game. Make a game explains every part of it.
{
"name": "Forty Thieves",
"family": "Forty Thieves",
"aliases": ["Napoleon at St Helena", "Big Forty"],
"description": "**Goal:** build all eight foundations up from Ace to King, each in a single suit.\n\n- Tableau columns build **down in the same suit**, **one card at a time** (no group moves).\n- Any single card may start an empty column.\n- Draw from the **stock** to the waste one card at a time; there is no recycling.",
"decks": [{ "count": 2 }],
"depots": [
{ "type": "Stock", "col": 0, "row": 0, "name": "stock", "acceptRule": "none",
"ejectRule": "locked", "draw": { "to": "waste" } },
{ "type": "Waste", "col": 1, "row": 0, "name": "waste", "acceptRule": "none" },
{ "type": "Foundation", "col": 3, "row": 0, "name": "found", "repeat": 8,
"acceptRule": { "seed": "Ace", "build": { "direction": "Up" }, "suit": "Same" },
"ejectRule": "locked" },
{ "type": "Tableau", "col": 0, "row": 1, "name": "tab", "repeat": 10,
"acceptRule": { "single": true, "build": { "direction": "Down" }, "suit": "Same" },
"ejectRule": "topOnly" }
],
"dealRules": [{ "kind": "dealGroup", "to": "tab", "faceUp": 4, "roundRobin": true }],
"depotOnly": true,
"winCondition": { "kind": "allCardsIn", "depots": "Foundation" },
"tools": "None"
}
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