RUSSIAN BANK

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OBJECTIVE OF RUSSIAN BANK:  Be the first player to earn 300 points or more.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 players

NUMBER OF CARDS: 104 cards

RANK OF CARDS: (low) Ace – King (high)

TYPE OF GAME: Double Solitaire

AUDIENCE: Adults

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INTRODUCTION OF RUSSIAN BANK

Russian Bank is a game known by many names including Crapette, Zank-Patience, Streitpatience, Tonj, and more!  It has even been commercialized with some changes in gameplay.  This game is known as Skip Bo.  사설토토

This is a two player solitaire style game that challenges players to build up a tableau and foundations with cards from their piles.  It plays a lot like solitaire, but with a different objective.  Players do not have to build up complete foundations, instead they simply have to get rid of all the cards from their draw, waste, and reserve piles.  

THE CARDS & THE DEAL

Russian Bank is a double solitaire style game played with two 52 card French decks.  Typically, players sit across from each other while playing.  

Each player shuffles their decks.   Each player deals twelve cards face down and a thirteenth card face up on top of the pile.  This pile is called the reserve, and it is located on the player’s right.  Each player has their own reserve pile.

Players each deal four cards face up in a column above their reserve pile.  These four cards are called houses.  There should be a space two cards wide between the columns.  This will be the location of the foundation piles.  During the game, all eight houses and all of the foundation spaces can be played upon by both players.

At this point, each player will have thirty five cards left in their decks.  This deck should be placed face down on the opposite side of the reserve pile.  This is the player’s draw pile.  The space between the draw pile and the reserve pile is for the waste pile.