How Bristol plays
Eight face-up fans start with three cards each. Three reserve piles start with one card each, leaving 25 cards in the stock. Only the top card of a fan or reserve pile moves. Fan cards build down by rank regardless of suit; an empty fan cannot be refilled. Foundations build upward by suit from Ace.
The three reserve piles
Each stock draw places one card onto each reserve pile while stock cards remain. The final one-card packet reaches only the first reserve. A draw can cover currently useful reserve tops, and there is no redeal.
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Bristol is part of Old Town · Fans (La Belle Lucie).
More Fans (La Belle Lucie) games
- La Belle Lucie — Eighteen fans, strict suit-down building.
- House in the Woods — Thirty-five fans build both ways in suit without redeals.
- House on the Hill — Eight foundations start on Aces or Kings beneath thirty-five fans.
- Shamrocks — Fan variant with rank-adjacent tableau moves.
- The Fan — No-redeal La Belle Lucie, kings fill empty fans.
- Three Shuffles and a Draw — La Belle Lucie with a final merci draw.
Also try
- FreeCell (FreeCell & open packers) — All cards visible. Use the four cells.
- Beleaguered Castle (Castle games) — Eight columns flanking four aces.
- Calculation (Waste-pile builders) — Race four foundations built by fixed increments.
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