Acme (solitaire)

Acme is a Canfield type of patience or solitaire card game using a single deck of playing cards.

Layout
Game layout

Acme has four tableau stacks of one card each, and they are built down in suit. There are also four Foundations that build up in suit. The Reserve Pile contains 13 cards which can be played onto the Foundations or Tableau Stacks. The deck turns up one card at a time.

Rules

Only the top card of a Tableau stack can be moved. These cards can be moved to a Foundation or onto another Tableau stack. The Tableau builds down in suit, and the Foundations build up in suit. Cards from the Reserve automatically fill empty spaces. Any card can fill empty Tableau spaces after the Reserve is empty. There is only one redeal allowed in this game, so only two passes through the deck are allowed.

Strategy

Rather than using the cards from the deck, a player should try to use all of the reserve cards first. Only two passes are allowed, so the deck should be used wisely.

Acme II

In this variation, the whole of each tableau pile may be moved rather than just the top card.

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See also
  • List of solitaires
  • Glossary of solitaire
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