Red and black (solitaire)
Red and Black is the name of several simple patience games for one person who is played with one or two French rummy sheets of 52 cards each. The aim of all games is to discard an alternating color sequence of red and black cards.
Rules of the game
Version 1
The classic red and black solitaire is played with two rummy sheets of 52 cards each. In preparation for the game, the eight aces of the game are laid out as base cards. On these aces, color sequences up to the king must be laid out in the game. The shuffled talon is placed face down, then eight cards are taken individually and laid out below the base cards.
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Matching cards can be placed in ascending order from the display onto the respective base cards and the resulting card rows. Cards can be placed in the display itself if they are in descending order and alternate in color. Accordingly, only a red card that is one card value less can be placed on a black card, and a corresponding black card on a red card. If no more cards can be moved from the basic display, individual cards are drawn from the talon and either placed on the basic cards or attached to the display. If this is not possible, they are placed on an open discard pile, the top card of which can be placed again if possible. Gaps in the display can be filled with cards drawn or from the discard pile. Suitable episodes can also be allocated as a whole within the display.
The game ends when the talon has been completely removed and all cards have been placed in the display. The player wins when he has placed complete sequences of suits on all of the base cards.
Version 2
This version is described as a very simple solitaire that can also be played by children. It is not necessary to know the card colors and card values , it is sufficient to distinguish between red and black cards. The game is played with a simple rummy sheet.
At the beginning of the game the hand is shuffled and placed face down on the table as a talon . Then the top card is turned up and set aside. If it is a red card, i.e. hearts 
or diamonds 
, the next card must be a black card ( clubs 
or spades 
), if it is a black card, the next card must be a red card. This applies regardless of the respective card value. The talon is now turned over card by card and placed face up, each time a matching card is revealed, it is placed on the display.
Depending on how you play, the cards from the discard pile can also be placed on display if they are of the correct color. In this way of playing solitaire ends after one round and is lost if it does not come up after this round.
Alternatively, the shelf may not be used in the first round. In this case the discard pile is picked up and played through again; at the end of the talon the discard pile can be played down as far as the sequence of colors is correct; as soon as two consecutive discard cards are of the same color, the solitaire does not open. Solitaire has risen when all the cards are in the display after this run, otherwise it is lost.
Version 3
In the second version, the hand consisting of 52 cards is also shuffled and stored as a face-down talon. In the game, the top two cards are then removed and laid out face up. If there is one red and one black card, they are set aside, while two red or two black cards are each put on the discard pile. After the talon has been processed, the discard pile is shuffled and played through in a new round. If after this round all cards are in pairs in the display, the solitaire goes up and the player wins.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b "Red and Black". In: Brenda Ralph Lewis: Card games for one person. Edition XXL, 2011; P. 37 (Translated by Card Games for One. Amber Books 2007)
- ↑ a b " Red and Black ". In: Adelaide Cadogan : Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience, version from 1914 (English) on gutenberg.org
- ↑ a b c "Red and Black". In: Irmgard Wolter-Rosendorf: Patience in words and pictures. Falken-Verlag, 1994; Pp. 11-12. ISBN 3-8068-2003-1 .
- ↑ Red and Black on kartenspiele.net, Red and Black on kartenspiel.org and Red and Black on spielregel.de; accessed on August 5, 2016.
literature
- "Red and black". In: Brenda Ralph Lewis: Card games for one person. Edition XXL, 2011; P. 37 (Translated by Card Games for One. Amber Books 2007)
- "Red and black". In: Irmgard Wolter-Rosendorf: Patience in words and pictures. Falken-Verlag, 1994; Pp. 11-12. ISBN 3-8068-2003-1 .
- " Red and Black ". In: Adelaide Cadogan : Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience, version from 1914 (English) on gutenberg.org
Web links
- Red and black on kartenspiele.net
- Red and black on kartenspiel.org
- Red and black on spielregel.de