Russian Bank

A patience race for two, a deck each. Build on shared foundations, load your rival’s piles, and empty your reserve first. 2 players.

Also known as Crapette.

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How to play Russian Bank

  1. 1A race for two, each with their own deck. You each have a reserve of twelve cards with the top one face up, and the rest of your deck as a face-down stock. Get rid of your reserve, stock and waste pile before your opponent does and you win.
  2. 2Eight foundations in the middle build up by suit from Ace to King; anyone can add to them. Eight shared piles beside them start with four cards from each player and build down in alternating colors (a red 6 on a black 7). Any card can go into an empty pile, and only the last card of a pile can move.
  3. 3On your turn, move the top of your reserve and the last cards of the middle piles wherever they fit. Tap your stock to turn its top card face up; you can play it too, and then turn the next one.
  4. 4You can also load your opponent: put a card on their reserve or waste pile if it’s the same suit and one higher or one lower.
  5. 5Your turn ends when you put the card you turned on your own waste pile. When your stock runs out, your waste pile is turned over to make a new one.
  6. 6The winner scores 30 points, plus 2 for each card left in the other player’s reserve and 1 for each card left in their stock and waste. If the game goes a long time with no progress, the player with fewer cards left (reserve cards count double) wins.

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