American Toad is a
solitaire
Solitaire is any tabletop game which one can play by oneself, usually with cards, but also with dominoes. The term "solitaire" is also used for single-player games of concentration and skill using a set layout tiles, pegs or stones. These gam ...
game played using two decks of playing cards. This game is similar to
Canfield except that the
tableau
Tableau (French for 'little table' literally, also used to mean 'picture'; tableaux or, rarely, tableaus) may refer to:
Arts
* ''Tableau'', a series of four paintings by Piet Mondrian titled ''Tableau I'' through to ''Tableau IV''
* ''Tableau viv ...
builds down in suit, and a partial
tableau stack cannot be moved (only the top card or entire stack can be moved). The object of the game is to move all cards to the
foundations
Foundation may refer to:
* Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization
** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S.
** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good caus ...
.
["Toad" in George Hapgood, ''Solitaire and Patience''.]
Rules
Layout
American Toad has eight tableau stacks. Each tableau stack contains one card and builds down in suit wrapping from Ace to King, e.g. 3â™ , 2â™ , Aâ™ , Kâ™ ...
Eight foundations build up in suit, e.g. 7
♦, 8
♦, 9
♦...
The game includes one
reserve pile
Games of patience, or (card) solitaires as they are usually called in North America, have their own 'language' of specialised terms such as "building down", "packing", "foundations", "talon" and "tableau". Once learnt they are helpful in de ...
with twenty cards that can be played onto the tableau or foundations. A deck usually at the bottom right turns up one card at a time.
File:American Toad (solitaire) Layout.jpg, American Toad Layout
Gameplay
One card is dealt onto the first foundation. This rank will be used as a base for the other foundations. The foundations build up in suit, wrapping from King to Ace as necessary. Cards in the tableau can be moved to a foundation or onto another tableau stack. The tableau builds down in suit wrapping from Ace to King. Empty spaces are filled automatically from the
reserve. Once the reserve is empty, spaces in the tableau can be filled with a card from the Deck, but NOT from another tableau pile. When moving tableau piles, you must either move the whole pile or only the top card, e.g. if you have a
♣, 3♣, 2♣, A♣ you can move all four cards or just A♣, but you could NOT move
♣, 2♣, A♣onto another 4♣.
The deck is turned up one card at a time. These cards can be moved to the tableau or to the foundations. Only two passes through the deck are allowed. The game is won after all cards have been moved to the foundations.
See also
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Canfield
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List of solitaires
This is a list of patiences, which are card games that are also referred to as solitaires or as card solitaire.
This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but only includes games that have met the usual Wikipedia requirements (e.g. notability) ...
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Glossary of solitaire
Games of patience, or (card) solitaires as they are usually called in North America, have their own 'language' of specialised terms such as "building down", "packing", "foundations", "talon" and "tableau". Once learnt they are helpful in de ...
References
Double-deck patience card games
Mobile games
Reserved packers
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