3 Original Solitaire Games with Redeals

Of the hundreds of solitaire games that I have invented for Pretty Good Solitaire, here are 3 with a special redeals feature.  In each of these games, there are 2 redeals of the stock to the waste pile.  In each game, the first time through the deck, 3 cards are dealt from the stock to the waste at a time.  Then after the first redeal, you go through the stock 2 cards at a time.  Finally, after the 2nd redeal, you go through the stock one card at a time (seeing every card).

1) Gold Rush

Gold Rush is the first game of this type and the first one invented.  Gold Rush is simply the game Klondike (the basic 7 piles solitaire game) with the special redeal rules described above.  The result is a challenging game, but a game that is often winnable.  It is a great compromise between the 1 card and 3 card deal settings in the standard Klondike game. 

This is one of my favorites of the games I invented and I highly recommend it.

How to Play Gold Rush Solitaire

 

2) Harp Rush

Harp Rush is a variation of the 2 deck Klondike type game Harp.  Harp is just a 2 deck Klondike similar to Double Klondike.  Harp is an interesting game in its own right, but Harp Rush makes it better by again solving the 1 card or 3 card deal dilemma.  

 

3) Batsford Rush

Batsford Rush is a variation of the 2 deck Klondike type game Batsford.  Batsford is another good 2 deck game, with an extra storage pile for Kings.  The main thing about Batsford is that it is a fairly hard game to win.  But Batsford Rush, by giving 3 times through the deck, makes the game easier without making it too easy.  Batsford Rush has quickly become my favorite version of Batsford and one of the best 2 deck Klondike type games.

 

Comments

[Corydonboy]

Surely 'Randon' has this feature, no?

[Gregg Seelhoff]

Yes, Random also has this feature, as well as several other games: Bald Eagle, Canfield Rush, Countess, Double Gold Rush, Eight by Eight, Quizzie, Thieves Rush, and Westcliff Rush.