The Game consists of 4 foundations, 4 reserves (also known as freecells) and 8 stacks of cards. At the beginning of play the 52 cards (without the jokers) are dealt to the eight stacks with their faces up. The first four stacks get 7 cards, and the other four 6 cards.
The foundations are built by suit from Ace to King. Each freecell can hold one card.
The following atomic moves are possible:
A sequence of more than one card can be moved by moving the top cards to the freecells or to unocoppied stacks.
Sometimes, it is useful to move cards to the freecells, so the card below them can serve as a basis for a sequence.