[1] The play is reminiscent of the popular game, Forty Thieves, but with 12 piles instead of 10.
The game starts with twelve piles, each containing a card; the rest form the stock.
An empty pile will be filled up immediately by a card from the stock.
When all possible moves are done without success, a card is dealt onto each pile, even with those that have sequences.
This and the placing of cards on empty piles is done until the stock runs out.