Acme has four
tableau locations or
depots initially of one card each, and they are
built down in
suit. There are also four
foundations that
build up in suit. The
reserve pile contains 13 cards which can be played onto the foundations or tableau. The player turns up one card at a time from the
talon, the cards remaining in his or her hand. Only the
top card of a depot can be moved. These cards can be moved to a foundation or onto another depot. The tableau builds down in suit, and the foundations build up in suit. Cards from the reserve automatically fill any
vacancies in the tableau. Any card can fill a vacancy after the reserve is exhausted. There is only one
redeal allowed in this game, so only two passes through the deck are allowed.
Strategy: Rather than using the cards from the deck, a player should try to use all of the reserve cards first. Only two passes are allowed, so the deck should be used wisely. ==Variations==