The Eight Sphinxes is a two-decks patience. The game is begun by dealing eight cards to the tableau and eight Aces to the foundations. All cards are dealt face up. The remaining cards form the stock. The waste pile is under the stock.
The object of the game is to build eight foundation piles up in suit running from Ace to King.
You can build tableau piles down regardless of suit and color. When building tableau piles, you can move more than one card if they constitute the tableau sequence.
In Figure, you can place 4
on 5
and move both these cards onto 6
.
Empty spaces in the tableau can be filled with any card or sequence.
The stock cannot be reused.