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How to play Pyramid

Pyramid on Aevanor is a pairing game: clear the pyramid by removing free cards that sum to 13. Kings remove alone.

Objective

Remove every card from the pyramid (and stock/waste as required by the deal rules).

Setup

  • Deal a pyramid of face-up cards (rows of increasing width).
  • A card is free when no card overlaps it from below.
  • The remaining cards form a stock you can turn to the waste.

Rules

  • Remove two free cards whose ranks sum to 13 (Ace=1 … Queen=12).
  • Kings (13) remove alone when free.
  • Jack=11, Queen=12 — pair with 2 and Ace respectively.
  • Draw from the stock when the pyramid has no legal pair.

Strategy tips

  • Clear lower cards that free multiple peaks above them.
  • Save flexible mid-ranks when two pairing options exist.
  • Watch the stock carefully — don’t bury a key Ace or King early.

Fair deals

Cards are shuffled with a deterministic seeded RNG. Computer opponents (when present) never peek at hidden cards. For classic Solitaire, optional Winnable deals only mode uses a real solver so every deal is solvable with perfect play — not a marketing guess.

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