How to Play Captive Queens Solitaire
Captive Queens Solitaire Rules
| Players: 1 | Type: Solitaire | Supplies: 1 Deck |
Objective
The objective of Captive Queens is to discard the queens, build the foundation piles starting with a 5 in descending order to the ace, and the piles starting with a 6 in ascending order to the jack, in suit.
Setup
Shuffle the deck and place it face down to form the stock. Flip over the top card to start the waste pile. Leave room for eight foundation piles and a discard pile for the queens.
Game Play
Only the top card of the waste pile is available for play onto a foundation pile. When a 5 or 6 becomes available for
play, move it from the waste pile to start a foundation pile. There will be a total of eight foundation piles, four that
start with a 5 and four that start with a 6. Foundation piles that start with a 5 are built in descending order to the
ace, in suit: an ace may be played on a king to continue this sequence: 5-4-3-2-ace-king. To add a card to a 5
foundation pile, it must be one rank lower and of the same suit as the top card of the pile it is being played on.
Foundation piles that start with a 6 are built in ascending order to the jack, in suit: 6-7-8-9-10-jack. To add a card
to a 6 foundation pile, it must be one rank higher and of the same suit as the top card of the pile it is being played
on. When a queen becomes available for play, discard the queen onto the queen discard pile.
If the top card of the waste pile cannot be played, or the waste pile is empty, flip the top card of the stock
over to form or add to the waste pile. When the stock is depleted, you may redeal. To redeal, flip the entire waste pile
over to reform the stock. You may redeal twice per game. When there are no more moves after the stock is depleted a
third time, the game is over.
To Win
Captive Queens is won if all cards from the stock and waste are built onto the foundation piles, and the four queens are discarded. If there are no more moves after the stock is depleted a third time and not all cards are on the foundation piles, the game is lost.