How to play
You complete Nationale when all 104 cards occupy the eight suited foundations after the open piles are emptied without a redeal. The full Nationale position determines the outcome; visual shortcuts never replace the documented Nationale terminal rule.
- Nationale begins with two decks fully exposed in twelve working piles beside four Ace-up and four King-down suited foundations, with no stock. The Nationale deal identity and PySolFC Nationale v1 are stored together. Restarting Nationale reproduces this opening exactly.
- During Nationale, you move one exposed same-suit adjacent rank up or down between piles and send cards to the appropriate directional foundation. The Nationale engine rejects profile violations, unavailable material, and every action attempted after Nationale reaches a terminal result.
- You complete Nationale when all 104 cards occupy the eight suited foundations after the open piles are emptied without a redeal. The full Nationale position determines the outcome; visual shortcuts never replace the documented Nationale terminal rule.
Strategy tips
- A reliable Nationale plan is to assign each suit copy to an upward or downward route and avoid reversing a pile unless the move exposes a needed middle rank. A Nationale hint is legal and deterministic. The next Nationale hint exposes one bounded action; it never claims a forced Nationale win.
- A costly Nationale mistake is to combine equal-looking ranks across suits; both tableau adjacency and foundations preserve suit throughout the position. Undo supports studying that Nationale decision, while restart preserves the original seeded Nationale opening.
- In the Nationale endgame, make the two foundation directions meet cleanly around Sixes and Sevens while maintaining an exposed route for each suit copy. Check every remaining Nationale action before committing because its terminal rule is enforced immediately.