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Stock · 80

Q diamonds

J diamonds

J hearts

10 spades

10 clubs

Pile 1

Pile 2

Pile 3

Pile 4

Pile 5

Pile 6

Pile 7

Pile 8

Pile 9

Pile 10

Pile 11

Pile 12

Pile 13

Pile 14

Pile 15

Pile 16

The deal

Eight special cards establish the foundations. Sixteen tableau piles begin with one card each and receive rows from the remaining stock.

Playing the cards

Only exposed tableau cards move to foundations. The Queen of Diamonds builds upward around the corner; the other seven foundations build downward around the corner. After stock exhaustion, redistribute tableau piles from sixteen back to one.

Goal and first plan

Move all 104 cards onto the eight foundations.

Read each foundation's next needed rank before a row deal. The Queen foundation progresses in the opposite direction from the others.

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Rules reference ↗

Matrimony is part of The Vault · Reserve builders.

More Reserve builders games

Sultan — Eight foundations surround the Sultan King; build each up to a Queen.
Royal Cotillion — A 4-column Ladies’ tableau that never refills, a 16-cell Lords’ grid that refills from waste only, and zero redeals.
Aces and Kings — Pairing aces with kings.
Archway — Open patience with arch reserve and dual foundations.
Backbone — Two-deck gated by a forked reserve.
Carpet — Twenty open holes feeding four foundations.

Also try

Babette (Blockade games) — Two-deck blockade with ascending and descending suit foundations.
Big Ben (Layout, cross & clock-face games) — Clock-face foundations building by suit.
Miss Milligan (Miss Milligan & row dealers) — Double-deck patience with a weave reserve.

Learn

Matrimony strategy
How Reserve builders games work
Terms: Stock · Base rank · Wraparound · Two-way foundations · No tableau building
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