diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/prolibertate/games/game/klondike/KlondikeModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/prolibertate/games/game/klondike/KlondikeModel.kt
index cf8ed09..6b02b9d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/prolibertate/games/game/klondike/KlondikeModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/prolibertate/games/game/klondike/KlondikeModel.kt
@@ -120,16 +120,26 @@ data class MoveCards(val from: Spot, val to: Spot, val count: Int = 1) : Klondik
 /** Foundations are indexed by suit, so a card always knows which one it wants. */
 fun foundationFor(card: Card): Int = card.suit.ordinal
 
+/**
+ * Where a rank sits when the ace is low.
+ *
+ * [Rank.order] puts the ace at fourteen, because the games this deck was built
+ * for are trick-taking ones where it is the highest card there is. Patience
+ * counts it the other way: foundations run ace upwards and columns run down to
+ * an ace, so every comparison here has to use this and not the raw order.
+ */
+val Rank.patienceOrder: Int get() = if (this == Rank.ACE) 1 else order
+
 /** Ace first, then strictly upwards in the same suit. */
 fun acceptsOnFoundation(foundation: List<Card>, card: Card): Boolean {
     val top = foundation.lastOrNull()
         ?: return card.rank == Rank.ACE
-    return card.suit == top.suit && card.rank.order == top.rank.order + 1
+    return card.suit == top.suit && card.rank.patienceOrder == top.rank.patienceOrder + 1
 }
 
 /** Down by one, and in the other colour. */
 fun buildsDown(lower: Card, onto: Card): Boolean =
-    lower.rank.order == onto.rank.order - 1 && lower.suit.isRed != onto.suit.isRed
+    lower.rank.patienceOrder == onto.rank.patienceOrder - 1 && lower.suit.isRed != onto.suit.isRed
 
 /**
  * Whether [cards] is a run that can travel as one: each card a step below the
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/prolibertate/games/game/klondike/KlondikeRulesTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/prolibertate/games/game/klondike/KlondikeRulesTest.kt
index e9ada33..9f62f0e 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/prolibertate/games/game/klondike/KlondikeRulesTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/prolibertate/games/game/klondike/KlondikeRulesTest.kt
@@ -112,6 +112,30 @@ class KlondikeRulesTest {
 
     // ---- building ----------------------------------------------------------
 
+    @Test
+    fun `the ace is low here, whatever the rest of the deck thinks`() {
+        // Rank.order puts the ace at fourteen, because the deck was built for
+        // trick-taking games where it is the highest card there is. Patience
+        // counts it as one, and every comparison in this game has to agree —
+        // otherwise a two can never follow an ace home and the game is
+        // unwinnable in a way nothing else would show.
+        assertEquals(14, Rank.ACE.order)
+        assertEquals(1, Rank.ACE.patienceOrder)
+        assertEquals(13, Rank.KING.patienceOrder)
+
+        var foundation = emptyList<Card>()
+        Rank.standard.sortedBy { it.patienceOrder }.forEach { rank ->
+            val card = c(rank, Suit.SPADES)
+            assertTrue("$rank should go home next", acceptsOnFoundation(foundation, card))
+            foundation = foundation + card
+        }
+        assertEquals(13, foundation.size)
+
+        // And a column runs the other way, down to an ace.
+        assertTrue(buildsDown(c(Rank.ACE, Suit.HEARTS), c(Rank.TWO, Suit.SPADES)))
+        assertTrue(buildsDown(c(Rank.QUEEN, Suit.HEARTS), c(Rank.KING, Suit.SPADES)))
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `foundations run ace upwards in one suit`() {
         assertTrue(acceptsOnFoundation(emptyList(), c(Rank.ACE, Suit.SPADES)))