Crapô - Crapette - Russian Bank

🎯 Game Objective

Be the first player to get rid of all of your cards from Reserve (Crapo), Stock, and Waste Piles.

🛠️ Setup

Players & Decks: Two players. Each player uses their own standard 52-card deck (no Jokers).
The Layout: The playing area is shared, creasing a symmetrical setup.

Reserve Pile (Crapo): Each player deals 12 cards face-down and places the 13th card face-up on top. This pile is on your right (near you).
Table Piles (Tableau): Each player deals a vertical column of 4 cards face-up above their Reserve Pile. Those form two columns of four cards each.
Foundation Piles (Center): Leave a wide space between the two columns of Houses. This space will contain the 8 Foundation Piles (Aces), which will be built up during play.
Stock Pile: The remaining 35 cards of each player’s deck are placed face-down on their left (Opposite of the Reserve Pile).
Waste Pile: Leave space between your Stock and Reserve Piles for your face-up discarded cards.

🛑 Compulsory Moves & Priorities

A turn consists of making as many legal moves as possible. Moves to the Foundation Piles are mandatory.

1. Foundation Piles (Ascending by Suit):

Starts with an Ace of any suit in the center space.
Build up in sequence (Ace, 2, 3, … K) and must be of the same suit (e.g. only ❤️2 can be placed on a ❤️A).
Priority Rule: Any card that can be played on a Foundation MUST be played before any other move. If playing card creates a new Foundation move, that new move is immediately compulsory.
Once a card is placed on a Foundation Pile, it can no longer be moved.

2. Table / Tableau (Descending by Alternating Color):

Build down in sequence (e.g. Jack, 10, 9, …) and must alternate in color (red on black, black on red).
Move: only the top card of any pile may be moved at a time.
Filling Empty Spaces: If a table space becomes empty, you must fill it with Reserve/Crapo Pile before utilizing your Stock Pile.

3. Opponent’s Piles (ascending or Descending by Same Suit):

You may play any of your available cards (from your own Reserve, Stock or Table Piles) to your opponent’s Reserve or Waste Piles.
The card must be of the same suit and be one rank higher or one rank lower than the card it is covering (e.g. only ♦️K or a ♦️J can be played on a ♦️Q).

4. Waste Pile

You may not use cards from your own Waste Pile.
Once you run out of cards from your Stock Pile, you flip your Waste Pile turning it into a refresh Stock Pile. No Shuffling.

➡️ Playing a Turn

The player whose top Reserve card is lowest goes first.

1. Compulsory Moves: The player must immediately play any available cards to the Foundation Piles. Available cards are:

Top card of your Reserve Pile.
The top card of each of the 8 Table Piles.

2. Voluntary Moves: After all compulsory Foundation Moves are made, the player can make any of the following moves in any order:

Move available cards between Table Piles (descending, alternating color)
Play available cards onto the opponent’s Reserve or Waste Pile (same suit ±1 rank)

3. Play from Stock: Once you have exhausted all other moves, flip the top card from your Stock Pile face-up.

That card must now be played into any Foundation Pile, Table Pile or your opponent’s piles.
You cannot chose not to play that card once it is flipped.

4. End of Turn: Your turn ends when you ran out of options and move your Stock card into your own Waste Pile.

🏆 Winning

The first player to empty all their own piles wins.

Reserve / Crapo Pile is empty
Stock Pile is empty
Waste Pile is empty