cardgamerulesGOOD GAMES START HERE. KEEP THE ACES. CLEAR THE REST.Aces Up is a one-pack patience game about comparing exposed cards, not building sequences. Remove a lower card when another exposed card of the same suit outranks it. Aces are high. Deal four more cards when you choose, use empty columns to uncover buried cards, and try to finish with just the four aces.
Only exposed end cards move. Select a card, then a column heading or foundation. In Aces Up, use Discard selected card. Wide boards scroll inside this frame.
Four prepared lessons explain same-suit discards, high aces, empty columns and four-card deals. Then practise with a full shuffled pack.
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Aces Up is a one-pack patience game about comparing exposed cards, not building sequences. Remove a lower card when another exposed card of the same suit outranks it. Aces are high. Deal four more cards when you choose, use empty columns to uncover buried cards, and try to finish with just the four aces.
See the key move ↓One card begins each column; forty-eight remain in stock.
Only exposed cards count, with aces ranking above kings.
Move an exposed single into a gap or deal one card to each column.
Only exposed ends count. A higher exposed card in the same suit permits a discard. Aces are high; empty columns accept exposed singles.
Use a standard 52-card pack without jokers. Deal one face-up card to each of four columns and leave the remaining forty-eight in a face-down stock. There are no foundations and no separate waste pile used for building.
The columns overlap vertically in this practice table. Every dealt card remains visible, but only the last exposed card of each column can be moved or removed. The discard counter begins at zero.
When two or more exposed column ends share a suit, any of those cards except the highest can be discarded. With a four of hearts and nine of hearts exposed, remove the four. A queen of spades provides no permission to remove either heart.
Select the lower card, then Discard selected card. The higher comparison card stays in place. Removing a card may expose another card and immediately create another legal comparison.
An empty column may receive any single exposed card from another column. You cannot move a covered card, a whole pile or a group. Moving a card into an occupied column is not allowed.
A gap is useful because shifting an exposed end can reveal the next card beneath it. Filling a gap is optional; inspect both the card you move and the card you will expose.
Use Deal four cards to place one new face-up card on each column, including empty columns. You may deal even when a discard is available. The stock is used once, with no recycling or redeal.
Each full-game draw uses exactly four stock cards. New cards may cover a useful high card, so consider available discards and empty-column moves before taking another batch.
Aces rank above kings, so an exposed ace can eliminate any lower exposed card in its suit. Aces themselves cannot be discarded. Win only when the stock is empty, forty-eight cards are discarded and each column contains one ace.
Four exposed aces with cards still buried underneath do not count as a win. This implementation identifies a blocked full deal when no stock, discard or useful empty-column uncovering move remains. Undo and restart remain available.
There are no descending runs or ace-to-king homes here. Empty-column moves, rather than foundation building, create room to uncover useful cards. These rules use the standard optional move of any exposed single to a gap.
The practice shuffle is random and is not checked for solvability. Hints describe a legal action, not a guaranteed solution. No timer, gambling, account or stored leaderboard is involved.
Reference: Solitaire Network’s Aces Up rules. This wording, lesson positions and implementation are original.
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The aim: discard forty-eight cards and leave only four aces, one per column, after the stock is exhausted.
Random deals are not pre-checked for solvability. The rules above state this table’s conventions.
LEARN IT. DEAL IT. ENJOY IT. ♣High. An ace outranks the king of its suit.
No. The comparison card must have the same suit and be exposed.
No. Only the exposed end of each column counts.
No. A gap takes one exposed card only.
No. You may deal another batch when you choose.
Four: one onto every column, including gaps.
Only if no other cards remain and the stock is empty.
No. This table permits a single pass.