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How to Play

Layout

• Foundation Cards>built up in numerical order from Ace to King
• Stock>shuffled cards revealed to be played
• Tableau>(layout of cards) cannot be added to the foundation cards
• Wastepile>face-up cards from the stock that cannot be played usually

Rules

Solitaire is a one player game. The object of the game is to arrange the cards of a deck/s by suit and rank through moves under limited conditions depending on the type of solitaire being played. Each game is different from all other games depending on how the deck/s is/are shuffled.

Game Types

There are hundreds of different types of solitaire games. In addition to the hundreds of different types of solitaire, there are many minor variations to each type. Below are just a few.

Spider Solitaire

• Object>build 8 sequences of same suit (King to Ace) within tableau and move to foundations
• two decks
• 10 tableau piles>6 cards in first 4, 5 cards in rest
• 8 foundation piles

The top card of each tableau pile can be played. Piles are built down and suit does not matter. One card can be moved at a time between piles and a group can be moved if all cards are in sequence and of the same suit. Any card or group of cards can be played in an empty tableau space, but all spaces must be filled before dealing from the stock. Deal one card on each of the ten tableau piles from the stock when no more moves can be made on the board.

Freecell

• Object>in foundation piles, stack all four suits (Ace to King)
• one deck
• 8 tableau piles>6 cards in first 4, 5 in last 4 (all face up)
• 4 stock piles
• 4 foundation piles

The top card of each tableau pile can be moved to a stock pile, foundation pile (if applicable), or onto another tableau pile if the top card in that pile is of opposite color and one value higher or empty. Each stock pile can only contain one card, these cards can be moved to the foundation piles or tableau piles if the conditions are right.

Pyramid Solitaire

• Object>pair all cards in pairs that total 13 and place in discard pile
• one deck
• pyramid of cards>28 cards in 7 rows face up (1 in top row, 2 in 2nd, 3 in 3rd, etc.)
• 1 stock pile
• 1 discard pile

The top cards of the stock pile and discard pile and uncovered cards in the pyramid can be played. Each card is worth its face value. An Ace is worth 1, a Jack is worth 11, a Queen is worth 12, and a King is worth 13 (it is not paired). Remove pairs of cards from the pyramid that equal 13, cards from the stock pile and discard pile can be used in a pair. When all cards that can be are removed from the pyramid, deal cards from stock pile to the discard pile, one at a time. May redeal twice.

Klondike

• most popular form
• Object>move all cards to foundation piles building up from Ace by suit
• one deck
• 7 tableau piles>28 cards (1 in first, 2 in 2nd, etc.) face down, except top card
• 4 foundation piles
• 1 stock pile

Tableau cards are built down, alternating colors. All face up cards in descending ordering and alternating in color from each tableau pile and the top card from the stock pile can be played. If a face down card in a tableau pile becomes available, it can be turned over. Empty tableau piles are filled with a King or group with a King at its head. When there are no plays left on the board, turn cards over from the stock, 3 at a time. May redeal twice.

Yukon

• related to Klondike and Scorpion
• more skill required versus luck

Scorpion

• related to Spider and Yukon

Seahaven Towers

• related to Free Cell
• invented by Art Cabral

Cribbage Solitaire

• Object>to have the highest score
• one deck
• 1 stock

Six cards are dealt face up, which makes the Hand, and two face down, which makes the Crib. After dealt two cards from the Hand are added to the Crib. Then a card is turned face up from the stock to be the Starter. Deal a new hand from the stock (four to the Hand and Crib and one to the Starter) until four cards remain in the stock. The remaining cards are scored as a Hand without a Starter. Scoring

• each card worth face value, Jack, Queen, and King worth 10, Ace worth 1

Name	Description	Score
Fifteen	Two or more cards that total 15, ex: Queen + 2 + 3; 10 + 2 + 3	2
Pair	Two cards of the same rank. Three cards of the same rank is a Pair royal., Four cards of the same rank is a Double pair royal.	2 6, 12
Run	Each combination of three of more cards in sequence.	1 per card
Flush	Four cards of the same suit in the Hand. Four cards in the Hand or the Crib of the same suit as the Starter.	4 5
His Nobs	Jack of the same suit as the Starter, in the Hand or the Crib.	1

Fools or Idiot's Delight

• Object>remove cards from tableau until there is an empty stockpile and the aces are all that remain
• one deck
• 4 tableau piles
• 1 stock pile
• 1 discard pile

Discard all cards that have a higher card of the same suit in the tableau (Ace high to 2 low). When no more moves remain deal 4 more cards to the tableau pile from the stock pile. Only top cards can be played. Any tableau card can be moved into an empty tableau spot.

History

The beginning of solitaire dates back to the mid-18th century. It was first mentioned in writing in 1783. Solitaire was originally intended to be a form of fortune telling, but has now transformed into a game known across the world. Solitaire has other names in different countries, like France, England, Poland, and Germany. In these countries it is most commonly referred to as Patience. The French also often refer to solitaire as Success. It is called Kabla or Kabala by those who speak Polish, Norwegian, and Danish. The invention of many versions of solitaire were in unexpected places, such as mental institutions and prisons. Patients and inmates had ample free time and used this free time to create new games. Bill Beers is credited with the invention of Cribbage Solitaire, which happened while he was in a mental institution. The game has been mentioned in various pieces of literature, which has gotten the game's name in the public eye. 'The Gentleman in the Parlour' by Somerset Maugham and 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens references solitaire in both of their stories. In a Dostoevsky book, 'The Brothers Karamazov', a character plays a solitaire game. Solitaire is also referenced in films, such as 'The Manchurian Candidate'. A character in this film asks for a deck of cards, under a queen's spell, and plays solitaire with the cards.

Solitaire in Technology

The first electronic version of Solitaire was introduced in the 1980s and have been included on Windows, since it reached version 3.0. The first commercial collection of the game was written in 1987 by Brad Fregger and published by Spectrum Holobyte. It was titled Solitaire Royal. As technology was enhanced the solitaire games available on the computer increased. In 1992, Quantum Quality Productions released "Solitaire's Journey", which featured 102 games of solitaire.

Literature

Lady Cadogan, of England, is credited with writing the first book of rules for the game. Some other books written about the game are 'Patience' by E.D. Chaney, 'Amusements for Invalids' by Annie B. Henshaw, 'Dick's Games of Patience' by Dick and Fitzgerald, 'Patience Games' by Henry Jones, Mary Whitmore Jones, over twenty years, wrote a collection of books on solitaire, and rules to over 225 solitaire games are included in a book by Albert Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith. (All of the aforementioned books were published in the late nineteenth century.)