Napoleon at Friedland is an original solitaire designed by Absolute Patience's Team.

• Played with 104 cards (2 regular decks)
• Medium complexity and requires a bit of luck (1 game out of 3)
• The goal is to move all cards to the 8 foundations

Rules:

• Stock (bottom left) - Starts with 50 face-down cards. No card can be moved to the stock. By clicking the stock you send its top card to the waste. When the stock is empty you can click it to send back all cards from the waste to the stock; you can do this 3 times during play.
• Waste (right of stock) - Starts with 1 face-up card. No card can be moved to the waste, except the stock's top card. The exposed card of the waste can be played.
• Foundations (8 top piles) - Each foundation starts empty. Built in ascending family sequence (for example a 9 of diamond can only be played on a 8 of diamond) from Ace to King (the first card must be an Ace, the last will be a King), until each pile contains 13 cards. The exposed card of each foundation (except Aces) can be played.
• Reserve (center pile - the "braid") - Starts with 13 face-up cards. No card can be moved to the reserve. Free cards can be played (a card is free if it is not blocked by any card on top of it).
• Tableau (8 piles below foundations) - Each pile of the tableau starts with 5 face-up cards. Built in descending family sequence (for example a 9 of diamond can only be played on a 10 of diamond). The exposed card of each pile of the tableau can be played; also a pack of exposed cards in descending family sequence (for example 10 - 9 - 8 of diamond) can be played to another pile of the tableau. Empty piles may be filled by a King or a pack of cards in descending family sequence and led by a King (see options).

Options:

• Stock - By default, the stock discards one card at a time to the waste, and may be rebuilt 3 times. As an option you make the stock discards three cards at a time, and rebuild it any number of times.
• Empty tableau - By default, empty piles of the tableau can be filled by a King or a pack of cards in descending family sequence and led by a King. The variant allows to fill empty piles of the tableau with any card of a pack of cards in descending family sequence led by any card (easier).

Tips & Strategy:

• Play cards of the Reserve - The Reserve contains blocked cards you will need sooner or later. You must free them as soon as possible. Of course you should first study cards in the reserve to decide if they are important or not.
• Empty tableau piles - Try to free some piles of the tableau. This way you will be able to play your kings. This is especially important if the reserve is blocked by a King.
• Beware of deadlocks - In this game, cards may be definitively blocked if two needed cards blocks each other. Try to locate these possible deadlocks and play accordingly.
• Final stage of the game - The Wise Man is quiet performant in this game (if you play with option that only allows Kings in empty tableau piles). Ask the Wise Man to help you finish the games.

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