King's Corner

King's Corner is a multi- or single-player Patience-style solitaire card game played with a standard playing card deck.

Setup

The dealer deals 7 cards to each player face down. The remaining cards go in the center of the table as a draw pile. Four cards are drawn off of the top and are placed face up in the four cardinal directions around the remaining cards. It will end up looking like the diagram below, with the draw pile in the center face down.

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Play

The player left of the dealer starts. The player should play all possible cards in their hand and on the table. The ways to play are as follows, generally following that of Patience-style solitaire:

When a player's turn starts, if the player cannot play, then they must draw from the draw pile until they can play. Then their turn continues as normal.

When a player can no longer play, they should put their cards face down on the table to signify to the next player that they are finished.

How to win

The player who plays all the cards in their hand first wins.

References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_in_the_Corner
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