Solitaire for Five Suits

This is a variant of standard Klondike Solitaire, specifically designed for use with five-suited packs.

The Star Deck is ideal for this variant, because its fifth suit, Stars, is both red and black, but the rules should also work with other packs such as the six-suit Empire Cards Deck (with one suit removed), although the colour of the fifth suit should be ignored.

It is played with a 65-card, five-suit pack (jokers removed).

The object of the game is move all cards to the foundations (Aces).

Rules

The rules are the same as standard Klondike Solitaire, except that Stars (or whatever fifth suit your pack has) are considered to be the opposite colour of any suit except itself.

Cards may be played as follows, so long as the play is otherwise legal:

• A Spade can be played on a Heart, Diamond or Star.
• A Heart can be played on a Spade, Club or Star.
• A Club can be played on a Heart, Diamond or Star.
• A Diamond can be played on a Spade, Club or Star.
• A Star can be played on a Spade, Heart, Club or Diamond.

In all other respects, the rules are unchanged.

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