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    This document provides the rules for playing the single-player card game 4 Thrones. The game uses a standard 52-card deck with the jokers removed. The goal is to place all cards from the deck onto 4 face-up "thrones" by following placement rules. Cards can be placed on thrones that are of higher value or meet exceptions for face cards. Players have 3 skips to re-draw cards unable to be placed. The game is won by emptying the deck onto the thrones or lost if cards remain that cannot be placed and skips are exhausted.

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    This document provides the rules for playing the single-player card game 4 Thrones. The game uses a standard 52-card deck with the jokers removed. The goal is to place all cards from the deck onto 4 face-up "thrones" by following placement rules. Cards can be placed on thrones that are of higher value or meet exceptions for face cards. Players have 3 skips to re-draw cards unable to be placed. The game is won by emptying the deck onto the thrones or lost if cards remain that cannot be placed and skips are exhausted.

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    4 Thrones Rules v1.0

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    This document provides the rules for playing the single-player card game 4 Thrones. The game uses a standard 52-card deck with the jokers removed. The goal is to place all cards from the deck onto 4 face-up "thrones" by following placement rules. Cards can be placed on thrones that are of higher value or meet exceptions for face cards. Players have 3 skips to re-draw cards unable to be placed. The game is won by emptying the deck onto the thrones or lost if cards remain that cannot be placed and skips are exhausted.

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    4 Thrones

    A solitaire game created by Kurt Bieg

    The following are rules for playing 4 Thrones, a single player card game, with a standard deck
    of 52 playing cards.

    Setting Up
    Before getting started, remove the Jokers and make sure the deck is thoroughly shuffled.

    Once the deck is shuffled deal 4 cards face up in a 2 x 2 grid. These four cards represent the four
    thrones, or piles, that you may place cards on.

    Next place the deck in a spot that will be easy and comfortable to reach.

    Once you are set up, you're ready to play.

    Getting Started
    Flip one card from the deck face up on the table and either place the card on a throne or skip it.
    Continue to draw one card from the deck until either there are no more cards in the deck or until
    you can no longer place the current card on a throne or skip it.

    Placing Cards
    You may place the current card, face up, on one of the four thrones if it follows these rules:

    1. You may place any higher value card on any lower value card.
    2. Aces are both the highest value card and the lowest value card, so, for instance, you can
    place an Ace on a King, and then you can place a 2 on the Ace.
    3. Face cards are special, in addition to placing higher cards on them, they will make
    exceptions for lower value cards:
    1. Jacks: you may place any lower card of any suit on a Jack.
    2. Queen: you may place any lower card of Hearts or Diamonds on a Queen.
    3. King: you may place any lower card of Spades on a King.
    4. When placing a face card on a throne it is important remember that face cards do
    not have suits, so even though you may have a Jack of Spades, you may not place
    it on a King.

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    4. You may not place equal cards together.

    What about face cards again?


    The face card exceptions may seem arbitrary at first, but think of them as people, that's what I
    thought about when I made it. Every card is a person with a value of reputation. Maybe the 2 is a
    lowly beggar, while a 10 is the town tax collector. Each time you place a person on the throne they
    are in power of one of the 4 kingdoms. The face cards then represent people with such high
    reputation that they become ... difficult. So, the Jack doesn't want power, he'd rather stay in the
    shadows and stay out of the spotlight so he's willing to give up the throne to just about anyone.
    The Queen only wants love (Hearts) or money (Diamonds). And the warmongering King only
    wants soldiers with swords (Spades). Aces are assassinations/anarchy, they can happen to
    anyone, and when they do, anyone can have a shot at the throne.

    Skipping
    At the start of every game you have three skips. You may skip the current card anytime by placing
    it face down and sliding it back under the deck of cards so it is now the last card in the deck. Once
    you have skipped 3 cards you may not skip any more until you start a new game.

    Winning/Losing
    If you successfully place all the cards in the deck on the four thrones you have won. If there are
    still cards that haven't been placed on a throne and you cannot place the current card, and you are
    out of skips, you have lost. Reshuffle and start again.

    Other Platforms
    4 Thrones is available for iOS and Android, for more information visit SimpleMachine.co

     
     

    2013, Kurt Bieg, All Rights Reserved


     

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