Royal Quadrille rules
Royal Quadrille, also called La Française, uses one standard deck. Its eight same-suit foundations form a square: hearts above, diamonds below, spades to the left, and clubs to the right. Each suit has an Ace line and a Deuce line, with the Deuce to the right.
Draw cards singly onto the waste. The Aces and Deuces become foundation bases as they appear. Only the exposed waste card can move to a foundation. Each line has a fixed sequence that stops at its final King or Queen; the rank order never wraps. When the stock empties, you may turn the waste over twice, without shuffling.
Rules source: Quadrille (patience).
Reading the square
Each rank of a suit belongs to exactly one line. Odd ranks, including Jack and King, belong to the Ace line; even ranks, including Queen, belong to the Deuce line. Watch the next required rank under each pile and play available waste cards before drawing over them.
Looking for the other game called Quadrille? Play Captive Queens, whose four Queens sit between Five and Six foundations. For a fuller explanation, read the Quadrille strategy guide.
Quadrille is part of Clocktower · Layout, cross & clock-face games.
More Layout, cross & clock-face games games
- Windmill — Center and corner foundations, windmill layout.
- Big Ben — Clock-face foundations building by suit.
- Braid — Herringbone layout feeding eight foundations.
- Long Braid — Twenty-four braid cards and six cells open to the braid tip.
- British Blockade — Build eight Ace and King foundations from a ten-column blockade that grows row by row.
- British Square — Two-deck 4×4 with reversible foundations.
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- Seahaven Towers (FreeCell & open packers) — FreeCell cousin: ten columns, same-suit builds, two cells.
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