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Skip the stock entirely: the whole deck lands face-up across six piles at once, leaving you to fight for a slim 1% win rate against the luck of the deal.

Aunt Mary Solitaire is a Klondike variant that skips the stock entirely: the whole deck goes straight onto six tableau piles, every card face-up from the first deal. It's a tough game, with just a 1% chance of winning. It's played with a single deck, and luck plays as big a part as skill in how those six piles fall.

It plays a lot like Thoughtful Solitaire, which deals the same way but spreads the deck across seven piles instead of six. If you'd rather start with the original, classic Solitaire is the place to begin.

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How to play Aunt Mary Solitaire

Layout:

4 foundation piles: Build up from Ace to King in the same suit.

6 tableau piles: Alternate color build down. Runs of cards in sequence move together by alternating color. Only Kings, or a run led by a King, can fill an empty pile. At the start of the game the entire deck is dealt across the six piles: four piles get nine cards, two get eight, and every card lands face-up.

Stock and waste: Both stay empty for the whole game — there's nothing left to deal once the tableau is dealt.

Foundation:

There are four foundation piles.

A card can be added to a foundation pile only if it's one rank higher and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that fits on a Q of clubs is a K of clubs.

The top card of each foundation can be moved back into play if another pile will accept it.

Tableau:

Six tableau piles hold the entire deck between them: four piles get nine cards, two get eight, and all of them are dealt face-up.

A card can be added to a tableau pile only if it's one rank lower and the opposite color of the pile's current top card, so the only cards that fit on a 5 of diamonds are the 4 of spades and 4 of clubs.

Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card are free to be played onto the foundation or any other tableau pile.

Only Kings may fill an empty spot in the tableau.

A run of cards in alternating colors, from high to low, can be moved together from one tableau pile to another.

Stock and waste:

There is no stock or waste to play here — the deal puts every card on the tableau, so there's nothing left to draw.