- Peanuts (game)
:"This article is about a card game. For the hand-bending game, see
Mercy (game) For other uses, seePeanut (disambiguation) "Peanuts is one of many forms of
double solitaire played in theUnited States . It is very similar to Klondike, but with an extra scoring feature as well as being played by two and with two decks.Preliminaries
Two players use two standard 52-card decks ranking K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 A. Each deck must have a different back so as to identify which cards came from which deck. Players sit facing each other and should leave enough space to allow for expansive solitaire layouts on the able.
Deal
Each player shuffles his or her deck and prepares to distribute it into three categories:
#The Tableau of 7 face up cards arranged side-by-side in a horizontal row
#The Peanut Pile of 21 cards stacked face down with the top card turned up
#The Stock, another face down pile made up of the remaining 24 cardsTo deal this arrangement, each player lays a card face up for the tableau, then deals three cards to the peanut pile, then one face up, three to the peanut pile, and so on until each has a row of seven cards in front of them, plus their piles of 21 and 24. There should be enough space between the two rows for a third row to fit between them.Play
The object of the game is to get rid on one's peanut pile while playing as many cards the middle as possible. Play is as follows:
#Cards are initially played from the top of each player's peanut pile and from any exposed cards in their respective tableaus.
#Any exposedace forms one of eight shared building piles in a row in between the two players' tableaus.
#Cards may be added to building piles if they are the same suit and one rank higher than the card beneath tem (2♣ on A♣, 3♣ on 2♣, etc.)
#Cards may be layered to form columns on the tableau if they are one rank lower and the opposite color (black/red) of the card beneath them (so J♠ can be placed on Q♥, and 10♥ on J♠, etc.)
#An empty space in a player's tableau is filled in by the top card of that player's peanut pile.
#Once any desired plays are made from peanut pile and tableau, players may play from their stock by counting out 3 cards and turning them face up. The top face up card may now be played exposing the card beneath it. Players continue to turn up cards from their stocks, 3 at a time and playing any playable cards desired. When the stock is exhausted, it is turned over and gone through again.Note that the only shared cards between players are the middle row of building piles. Players never play to each other's tableaus or touch each other's stocks or peanut piles.Ending
Game ends when either:
# Neither player is able to play a card to the building piles, or
# A player successfully plays the last card of the peanut pile, and says Peanuts!coring
Tableaus are cleared and cards are divided and counted from the building piles (hence the varied backs) and each player subtracts the number of cards left in his or her peanut pile from the number of cards successfully played to building piles. High score wins.
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