How to Play Royal Rendezvous Solitaire

Two decks feed four different kinds of foundations at once: a full same-suit run, an odds-only ladder, an evens-only ladder, and four slots that each hold just a single King. The tableau is pure storage, since no building is allowed there.

Setup

1. Deal 1 card face-up to each of 16 tableau piles; no building is allowed on them, though an emptied pile can hold any card
2. Straight foundations (4 piles, one per suit) start on an Ace and build up by rank, Ace through King
3. Odd foundations start on an Ace and even foundations start on a Two, one pile per suit each; both build by two ranks at a time—odd runs Ace, 3, 5, 7, 9, Jack; even runs 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Queen—and each pile holds at most 6 cards
4. King foundations (4 piles, one per suit) start empty and simply hold one King each
5. Keep remaining cards face-down as the stock; a single pass only with no redeal

How to play

• Play a tableau or waste pile's top card onto a matching foundation
• Straight foundations build the full run: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King
• Odd foundations build: Ace, 3, 5, 7, 9, Jack
• Even foundations build: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Queen
• King foundations just hold a single King of the matching suit
• Tableau piles never build on each other, but when a tableau pile empties it's automatically refilled with the top waste card, or the top stock card if the waste is empty
• Click the stock to deal one card to the waste pile

How to win

Objective: Move all 104 cards to the foundation piles

You win when all cards reach the foundation piles. You're stuck when the stock empties and no cards remain playable.

Tips

• Focus on exposing cards needed for the odd and even foundations since each of those piles holds only 6 cards
• Remember the sequences: straight runs Ace through King; odd runs Ace, 3, 5, 7, 9, Jack; even runs 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Queen
• Since the stock only gets a single pass with no redeal, plan ahead for waste cards you'll need before later cards cover them

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Related games

More games from the Foundations family:

• Captive Queens — A quick, luck-focused game where three different foundation piles build from different ranks.
• Carousel — A complex two-deck game played with the Kings removed, so each suit runs Ace (low) through Queen.
• Even and Odd — Build two separate foundation groups where one foundation follows odd ranks (Ace, 3, 5, etc.) and the other follows even ranks (2, 4, 6, etc.).
• Racing Aces — A fast-paced game where four foundation types race in different directions—Aces up, Sixes down, Sevens up, and Kings down—while you feed them from a single-pass stock, a waste pile, and three long reserve piles.