CLOCK PATIENCE

CLOCK PATIENCE

Written By: Mark Chapman

Mark Chapman is a children’s writer, board game geek, and school teacher. He writes and shares children’s stories and family-friendly board/card games on his YouTube channel, Bananas 4 Books & Board Games. 바카라사이트

OBJECTIVE OF CLOCK PATIENCE: The objective of Clock Patience is to place cards from the deck around the clock, avoiding the kings.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 1

NUMBER OF CARDS: Standard 52-card deck

RANK OF CARDS: Ace is one o’clock, 2 is 2 o’clock and so on. Jack is 11 o’clock and queen is 12 o’clock. Kings are placed inside the clock.

TYPE OF GAME: Solitaire (also known as clock solitaire)

AUDIENCE: Solo players

HOW TO DEAL CLOCK PATIENCE

Shuffle the deck and lay them out face down and one at a time to create a clock (i.e. start at 1 o’clock, then 2, 3 etc ensuring the clock is symmetrical). Once you have completed one layer of the clock, place a 13th card face down in the centre of the clock and then repeat the process another 3 times until you have gone through the deck. Flip the top card of the pile inside the clock and you’re ready to begin.

HOW TO PLAY CLOCK PATIENCE

Place the revealed face-up card outside the clock corresponding to its value on the clock (e.g. If you have a Jack, place that at 11 o’clock). You can now pick up a card from that corresponding deck (in my example, the deck at 11 o’clock) and repeat the process until all cards have been revealed.

However, if you reveal a king (bad news!) you must place it inside the clock and reveal the top card of the facedown deck inside the clock.