Two-deck patience
Lady of the Manor
A two-deck patience game with 12 arch reserve piles, four tableau stacks, and eight foundations all building Ace to King regardless of suit.
Click any arch card or the top of a tableau pile to select, then click a highlighted destination.
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Why Lady of the Manor stands out
Lady of the Manor (also known as La Châtelaine) removes the suit constraint from foundation building. All eight foundations accept any card of the right rank. This sounds easier than Archway, but the payoff is subtler: because any suit can go anywhere, the bottleneck shifts entirely to the order in which you access arch cards and tableau tops.
The tableau piles reveal only one card at a time. Cards below the top are inaccessible until they reach the surface, so managing stack depth is critical.
Quick rules
- Two standard decks (104 cards).
- All eight Aces dealt to the foundations at the start.
- Four tableau stacks of 12 cards — only the top card is accessible.
- 12 arch piles, one per rank 2–K, with all cards of that rank accessible.
- Foundations build from Ace to King regardless of suit.
- Empty tableau stack accepts one card.
Key strategy tips
- Full Lady of the Manor strategy guide
- Count how many cards are above each tableau top — depth decides your order of play.
- Arch cards of a rank equal to the foundation top are immediately playable; spot them first.
- Empty tableau stacks are your most powerful tool — use them to cycle stuck stacks.