How to play Pyramid Solitaire Table of contents

Family: Adding & Pairing Solitaire Games.

Pyramid Solitaire Ancient Egypt can be played in all modern browsers, on all device types (desktop, tablet, mobile), and on all operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. If you like playing Pyramid Solitaire Ancient Egypt, you can also have a look at TriPeaks Solitaire, which is also in the Adding & Pairing solitaire games category. Pyramid Solitaire was used as inspiration for Giza Solitaire. There are no official or right rules for Pyramid Solitaire, but we prefer the rules we used for our implementation because they are a good combination of skill and luck. Variations allow to reset the stock and/or they only have one waste pile. There are many different versions of Pyramid Solitaire. Note that using the undo button does not impact your score.

(Bonus) Incremental round number bonus: round number * 1,000 points.

(Bonus) Time bonus shown in the top left corner: counts down from 20,000 points to 0 while playing.

(Bonus) Removal of all cards, so not only the pyramid but also the cards in the stock & waste: 15,000 points.

Removal of a pair of cards or a King: 500 points.

Complete different rounds after each other to improve your score. Pyramid Solitaire Ancient Egypt has several scoring rules that reward quick play and good strategy. If you are still unsure about which moves are allowed, follow the in-game tutorial.

Undo a move by clicking the undo button in the bottom right corner.Move an open card from the pyramid or the waste to the temporary card storage in the bottom left.

Note that resetting the stock is not possible.

Flip the stock to reveal three additional cards that will be added to the three waste piles.

Kings count as 13 and can be removed by simply clicking on them.

The valid pairs are: Ace & Queen, Two & Jack, Three & Ten, Four & Nine, Five & Eight, Four & Nine.

Aces count as 1, Jacks as 11 and Queens as 12.

It doesn’t matter where the cards are, you can pair cards that are in the pyramid, in the waste or in the temporary card storage. don’t have another card on top of them, can be paired. Pairing is done by first clicking on the first card and then on the second card. The remaining cards are put face-down in the stock. Layout & dealįirst, 28 cards are dealt face-up in the shape of a pyramid, with the cards partially overlapping. The objective in Pyramid Solitaire is to remove all cards in the pyramid by pairing cards that add up to 13.

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