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Glacier Solitaire

1 deck. Average. No redeal.

This solitaire uses one deck (52 cards). You have 8 tableau piles with the number of cards per pile increasing from three to ten from left to right. The three top cards in each pile are face up. You have 4 foundations.

Aces are moved to the foundations as they become available.

The object of the game
To build the foundations up in suit to Kings.

The rules
You may build tableau piles down in sequence and alternating color. Groups of cards can be moved regardless of any sequence. Any card face up in the tableau can be moved to make a build. All the cards covering it are moved together as a unit. Empty tableaus may be filled with a King or group of cards headed by a King.

This solitaire variation was invented by Boris Sandberg.