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for one person, played using a

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pack of 52 playing cards. It also goes under the name Thirteens.

Rules

A standard French deck of 52 playing cards is shuffled and placed face down as a

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on the table. The top ten cards are dealt face-up in a

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on the table as the starting layout. Pairs of cards adding up to 13 points, regardless of their

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are removed and placed to one side. The card values of the

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s correspond to their face value. In addition, the

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scores one, the

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eleven, the

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twelve and the

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thirteen. Individual Kings, which are the only cards with a value of 13, may be removed on their own. The resulting gaps are filled with new cards from the stock. * Example: ''In the following layout the single King and the pairs 8+5, 10+3 and Jack (11)+2 can be removed.'' The game ends when the stock is exhausted. If all the cards have been removed, the patience has been solved, if not, the player has lost.

Variations

Thirteens is similar to another German patience, '' Eight Cards'' (''Acht Karten''), in which eight cards are laid out and pairs and individual cards totalling 11 points are removed,. It is also closely related to the more difficult to complete English patience game

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(alternatively called Five Piles). This plays in the same way, by removing cards totalling 13 points, but has a starting layout of just five cards, and where five cards are dealt at a time from the stock.

Notes

References

„Die gute Dreizehn.“ In: Irmgard Wolter-Rosendorf: ''Patiencen in Wort und Bild.'' Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen/Ts. 1994, , pp. 10–11. „Acht Karten.“ In: Vojtěch Omasta: ''Patience. Neue und alte Spiele.'' Slovart-Verlag, Bratislava 1985, .

Literature

* Morehead, A.H. and G. Mott-Smith (2001). ''The Complete Book of Solitaire and Patience.'' Foulsham, Slough. * Wolter-Rosendorf, Irmgard (1994). ''Patiencen in Wort und Bild'' (= ''Falken-Bücherei.'' Vol. 63). Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen/Ts. 1994, . {{Patience Closed non-builders

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