Australian Patience is played with a deck of 52 standard playing cards. The object of the game is to move all cards to the 4 foundations. At the start of the game, 4 cards are dealt to each of the 7 tableau piles facing up, while a single card is dealt to the discard pile. The remaining cards become the stock, which is placed at the top left facing down next to the discard pile , leaving the foundations empty. The foundations build up in suit from A to K, whereas the tableau piles build down in suit. Only K can be placed in an empty tableau pile. Group of cards can be moved among tableau piles regardless of sequence as long as the move connects an immediately lower ranking card to a higher ranking card of the same suit. For example, a 7 of spade followed by a J of heart can be moved together as a group to an 8 of spade.
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