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5/10/2011

Just added the game Seventeens. This one is definitely different than the rest. You have to add up two cards that equal 17. So 10+7, or 8+9. You can also do jack+6, queen+5 and king+4.

But what about the cards ace, 2 and 3? You can take the three of them as a set and remove them (even though they are three cards and technically equal 6).

You can select the pairs of cards in the normal way. But for the ace+2+3 combination, just pick two of the three and the third will be removed automatically. For the most part you can control which three cards are removed by your selection of the first two. So if there are two aces showing, then select the ace you want, and then one of the 2 or 3. If you select the 2 and 3 instead, then the first ace will be automatically selected.

The tableau is 10 piles of three cards each, plus three special piles that start with one card each. These special piles get re-supplied by the deck as you play, whereas the other 10 piles do not.

Remove all of the cards from the tableau to win. It is fairly easy to win. Choose the special rule that lets you see all three cards in each pile and it is even easier.