Kings In The Corner

At the start of a game of Kings in the Corners, all the cards are dealt to what is called a stock pile. The top card of this stock pile is available for play. There are 16 tableau piles in four rows of four. The corner piles are marked for Kings, the left and right side piles are marked for Jacks, and the top and bottom piles are marked for Queens. Kings in the Corner (also called King's Corner, Kings Corners or Spider.) is a multi-player solitaire-style card game using one deck of standard playing cards with between two and four players participating. The game was thought up by the Grey Family aboard the SS Suevic in the 1910s.

Contents

• 2 How To Play
• 3 Rules
• 4 Strategy

Kings in the Corner, also widely known as Kings Corners, is a multi-player card game.

This is very similar to solitaire but brings in a twist make it more exciting. During a Kings in the Corner game, it feels like everyone is playing a single solitaire game but with the twist that there is only one winner.

Kings In The Corner Rules

There are 4 piles at the beginning and 4 more in the corners can be started off with a king – thus the name of this game. Only things you need to indulge in this amazing game are one 52-card deck together with a supply of chips or pennies (Source).

History

A playing set for the Kings in the Corner card game is being published by Jax Ltd. of Minneapolis since 1996. The actual card game was thought up in the 1910s by the “Grey Family aboard the SS Suevic”, says a current entry in Wikipedia.

How To Play

The gameplay of Kings in the Corner is quite simple. The dealer shuffles the deck of cards and deals 7 cards to every player.

Quick Video Guide

The remaining deck of the cards is kept in the middle on the playing board.

Now, the topmost 4 cards from the deck are kept on the 4 sides of the deck like in North, East, South, and West directions, creating 4 foundation piles. All of these cards are kept face up. A card is drawn from the pile by the first player.

The player places that particular card or any other card from his/her hand on the playing board. More than one card can be placed by the player at a time. The 4 face-up cards are considered as a beginning point while placing the cards from the player’s hand.

A player places the cards in alternate colors and in descending order.

For instance, if the beginning point card is 7 of spades, the player will place 6 of diamonds or hearts on it if he/she has the card on hand.

Then the player creates combinations from the available cards in his/her hands and attempts to discard as many cards he/she can. If the current player cannot play any more cards, the turn is passed to the player on his/her left. If a king is drawn by any player, it is placed in an open corner.

Then, it should be utilized as the beginning point as well. The game continues this way until a player discards all the cards in his/her hand and that particular player wins the game.

If you manage to play all the cards available in your hand, you win. Else, after you have played any card you wish to or can, you have to draw one card from the stock and it ends your turn.

You can watch a useful gameplay video at the official website of JAX Games.

Playing Online

If you want to play online, check out cardgames.io.

Rules

Here is a quick overview of the rules of Kings in the Corner card game.

• Ideal for 2 to 4 players.
• The first dealer is selected at random and after each hand, the turn to deal passes clockwise.
• If the center deck runs out of cards, the game continues without drawing.
• Point-wise, kings are considered the highest and aces are considered the lowest.
• A player is not allowed to hold any card back intentionally if it fits the playing board.

PDF Rulebook

Kings in the Corner Coronation

In this version of Kings in the Corner, only two people can participate.

Every time a king’s corner gets filled with an entire series from King-to-Ace, the participant who completes it gets a point for a “coronation”.

Also, the player who first gets rid of his/her cards receives one point (Slaying the Dragon), but this player then continues playing by refilling his/her hand. The game keeps on continuing until all the cards have been used.

Hence, in every game, there will be 5 points scored: 4 coronations and 1 dragon slain. The player with a majority of points wins – 3 points to 2 is a normal victory, 4 points to 1 is an incredible victory, and 5 points to 0 is an absolute victory.

Kings in the Corner Points

Each player gets penalty points for the cards left in his/her hands at the end of the play. Cost of a king is 10 points and all the other cards cost 1 point each.

These points get accumulated until a player exceeds or reaches a target score agreed in advance (for example, 25 or 50).

The player who holds the lowest number of penalty points at the specified target becomes the winner.

Kings in the Corner Valid Moves

These moves are considered valid in Kings in the Corner.

• You can literally play a “King in the Corner”. Kings are the only cards that you can play in the corner spaces formed by the cross. Once a king is played, cards may be laid off that pile by the players like any other foundation pile.
• You can move a complete foundation pile onto another pile, as long as the move creates a valid sequence. This becomes possible when the cards are dealt first.
• You can play a card on a foundation pile on the cross. For this, the card played has to be of the opposite color of the foundation card and immediately below its rank.
• Any card or sequence of cards can be played on a vacated foundation pile.

Strategy

Kings in the Corner Variations

Variations to Kings in the Corner add extra rules or scoring regulations. In one method, a tableau is used that consists of 16 cards, presented in a 4-by-4 grid.

When playing this version, players may only advance kings to the corners while queens can only be advanced to the left and right center tableaux, and jacks only to the top and bottom center tableaux.

The remaining tableaux is then filled by the players, removing pairs of cards with an accumulated value of 10 with the aim of freeing up the tableaux for extra cards, trying to play the whole deck without running out of room.

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At the start of a game of Kings in the Corners, all the cards are dealt to what is called a stock pile. The top card of this stock pile is available for play.

Kings In The Corner How To Play

There are 16 tableau piles in four rows of four. The corner piles are marked for Kings, the left and right side piles are marked forJacks, and the top and bottom piles are marked for Queens.

The object of the game is to place the 4 Kings, 4 Queens, and 4 Jacks in these positions. The game is won when this is done (regardlessof where the other cards are).

Play by moving the top card of the stock to an empty pile in the tableau. When a King comes up, place it in a pile marked for Kings,and do the same for Queens and Jacks. Cards are to be placed in the tableau and the tableau must be completely filled before any cardsmay be removed.

Once the tableau is filled, two cards that add to 10 may be paired and removed from play (Tens are removed singly). Cards other thanthe King, Queen, or Jack may be placed in the marked edge piles, but you will need to remove them in a pair so that a King, Queen, orJack can later be played there. Once a card has been placed, it cannot be moved except to create a pair that adds to 10 (or is a Ten).

When all possible pairs have been removed, fill the tableau again from the stock. When the tableau is once again filled, cards can bepaired once again.

Repeat the process. The game is won if the 12 Kings, Queens, and Jacks are all placed in their proper places. The game is lost if aKing, Queen, or Jack appears and there is no proper place to put it, or if the tableau fills up and there are no pairs to remove.

The Key To Success

Kings In The Corner

The key to winning is to keep the marked piles open as long as possible. Place Kings, Queens, and Jacks in their marked places whenthey appear (you cannot place them on any other pile). Fill the center first with lower cards. When the center is full, you will need toplace cards on the spaces for Kings, Queens, and Jacks. Fill up places where there are the most other options available (for example, ifthere are 3 empty King spaces but only two empty Queen and Jack spaces, fill the King space first). Note that you will always be ableto remove a 10 once the tableau is filled.