| A Patience game | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Pyramid_(solitaire).jpg) The initial layout of the game of Pyramid | |
| Family | Adding and pairing |
|---|---|
| Deck | Single 48 or 52-card |
| See also Glossary of solitaire | |
Pyramid is a patience or solitaire game of the Simple Addition family, where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation.[1]
The object of the game is to remove pairs of cards that add up to a total of 13, the equivalent of the highest valued card in the deck, from a pyramid arrangement of 28 cards.[2] When using the standard 52-card deck, Jacks are valued at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13.[3] Under the strictest rules, the odds of winning are around 1 in 50.
- ^ "Pyramid" (p.134) in Little Giant Encyclopedia of Games for One or Two, The Diagram Group, 1998. ISBN 0-8069-0981-1
- ^ "Pyramid" (p.207) in Hoyle's Rules of Games (3rd edition) by Philip D. Morehead (ed.), 2001. ISBN 0-451-20484-0
- ^ "Pyramid" in 50 Card Games: 50 Popular Card Games for Hours of Fun. Igloo Books. 2018. p. 9. ISBN 9781784409852.