Why this game is demanding
This Forty Thieves-style game limits recovery options with same-suit tableau building and a single stock pass. Small sequencing mistakes often become permanent later.
Classic two-deck patience
Napoleon at St Helena
Also known as Big Forty or Forty Thieves. Two 52-card decks are shuffled together and forty cards are dealt face-up across ten tableau columns. Build the eight foundations up by suit from Ace to King. Draw from the stock one card at a time — you get only one pass. Tableau columns are built downward in suit.
Seed: 143982Moves: 0Timer: 00:00Stock: 64Status: in progress
Click a card to select it, then click a highlighted pile to move it. Click the stock to draw.
Stock (64)
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Game structure
Ten tableau columns hold the opening forty cards, eight foundations build upward by suit, and the remaining stock can only be used once.
Strategy tips
- Because the stock is single-pass, avoid drawing until tableau and foundation moves are genuinely exhausted.
- Suit-built tableau columns make early pile organization more important than in alternating-colour games.
- Empty columns are strong recovery tools, so create them with purpose rather than by accident.
Need more detail? Read the Napoleon at St Helena strategy guide.