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"Pas de Deux" is a solitaire card game implemented in the computer program PySol, where it is categorized as a Montana type of solitaire game. It is named after the Ballet term pas de deux ("dance for two").
Pas du Deux is played with two decks which are kept separated. On is shuffled and laid out, all cards face up, in a tableau of four rows by thirteen columns (4x13). The other deck is shuffled and used as a talon (or stock).
One proceeds through the talon one card at a time. Whichever card appears next on the talon signifies the single card in the tableau which can be moved. That card can be moved horizontally or vertically ... swapping with any card along those axes. The player only gets one redeal. (In other words one only gets two passes through the talon).
The object of this game is to arrange all of the cards from ace to king (left to right) with clubs at the top, followed by spades, hearts and diamonds.
This is a surprisingly difficult game. It's relatively easy to get within three or four swaps of the winning position but almost impossible to win within the limited two passes through the talon.
Klondike is a solitaire card game. In the U.S. and Canada, Klondike is the best-known solitaire card game, to the point that the term "solitaire", in the absence of additional qualifiers, typically refers to Klondike. Equally in the UK, it is often just known as "patience". Elsewhere the game is known as American Patience, as well as Fascination, Triangle or Demon Patience.
FreeCell is a solitaire card game played using the standard 52-card deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that very few deals are unsolvable, and all cards are dealt face-up from the very beginning of the game. Although software implementations vary, most versions label the hands with a number.
Spider is a type of patience game. It is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games. The game's name comes from a spider's eight legs, referencing the eight foundation piles that must be filled to win the game.
Gaps is a member of the Montana group of Patience games, where the goal is to arrange all the cards in suit from Deuce to King. Other games in the group include Spaces, Addiction, Vacancies, Clown Solitaire, Paganini, Montana itself, Red Moon, and Blue Moon. Sometimes these alternate names are used to refer for the same game.
Black Hole is a patience or solitaire card game with game-play similar to Golf and Tri Peaks, but with a tableau of fans similar to La Belle Lucie. Invented by David Parlett, this game's objective is to compile the entire deck into one foundation.
Napoleon at St Helena is a patience or solitaire card game. It is quite difficult to win, and luck-of-the-draw is a significant factor. It is also popularly known as Forty Thieves. Other titles include Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty, and Le Cadran, although these can at times refer to variant forms of the game.
Baker's Dozen is a solitaire card game using a deck of fifty-two playing cards. The game is so called because of the 13 columns in the game, the number in a baker's dozen.
Tournament is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards shuffled together. Despite the name, the game play doesn't seem to be related to the word tournament.
Diplomat is a patience or solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing cards shuffled together. Its layout is similar to that of Beleaguered Castle, and the game-play is similar to Forty Thieves.
Deuces is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. It is so called because each foundation starts with a "deuce", or two card. It also belongs to a family of card games which includes Busy Aces.
Jubilee is the name given to two solitaire card games, both played with two decks of playing cards. Both games are so-called because they were created during the time of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. One of the games has an ornate layout, while the other is simpler and it belongs to the family of games which include Sir Tommy, Strategy, and Calculation.
La Belle Lucie is a solitaire card game where the object is to build the cards into the foundations. It is considered to be representative of the "fan" family of solitaire card games.
All in a Row is a solitaire card game that is akin to Golf and Tri Peaks, and is very similar to Black Hole. The game's objective is to put the entire deck into the foundation.
Algerian is a unique and difficult solitaire game using two decks of playing cards. The object of the game is to build 8 Foundations down from King to Ace or up from Ace to King in suit.
American Toad is a solitaire game using two decks of playing cards. This game is similar to Canfield except that the Tableau builds down in suit, and a partial Tableau Stack cannot be moved. The object of the game is to move all cards to the Foundations.
Backbone is a unique and difficult solitaire game using two decks of playing cards. The object of this game is to move all cards to the Foundations.
Batsford is a solitaire game similar to Klondike except that it uses two decks instead of one. The cards are turned up only one at a time, and there is only one pass through the Deck. There is also a Reserve pile available for a single King. The object of this game is to move all cards to the Foundations.
Corona is a relatively long and difficult patience or solitaire card game using two decks. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the Foundations. Game-play is much like the popular solitaire games Forty Thieves, but with a tableau of 12 piles instead of 10.
Three Shuffles and a Draw is a solitaire game using one deck of playing cards. This game is similar to La Belle Lucie besides being able to draw one card after the second shuffle. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the Foundations.
Acme is a Canfield type of patience or solitaire card game using a single deck of playing cards.