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Forty Thieves

Two decks
Forty Thieves in Cardz, played with the Valhalla deck
Valhalla deck
The Forty Thieves board1 stock, 1 waste, 8 foundations, 10 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.

  • 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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