Bibliography
- Parlett, David (1979). The Penguin Book of Patience, Penguin, London. ISBN 0-7139-1193-X
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Persian Patience (or simply Persian) is a patience card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. The unusual feature of this game is the fact that the two decks are decks used in Piquet and Bezique, i.e. those that have the Deuces (twos), Treys (Threes), Fours, Fives, and Sixes removed.
The tableau is set up into eight columns of eight cards. The object of the game is to free all eight Aces and build each of them up by suit. In this case, when an Ace is placed on a foundation, the next card to be placed on it is a seven.
Building on the tableau is down by alternating colour. Only one card can be moved at a time. When a space occurs, it is filled with any available card.
When the player has done all of the moves he could possibly make, the player can gather the cards on the tableau, shuffle them, and redeal them into eight piles. This can be done only twice during the game (three deals in all). However, when no moves are made after a deal (whether the original deal or one of the redeals), the deal does not count.
The game ends long after the cards are dealt the third time. The game is won when all cards are built onto the foundations.
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Pyramid is a patience or solitaire game where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation.
Canfield or Demon is a patience or solitaire card game with a very low probability of winning. It is originally a casino game, and in the United States is named after casino owner Richard A. Canfield, who popularised it in the 1890s.
House in the Woods is a patience game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards. The game is basically a two-deck version of La Belle Lucie, but it borrows two things from its cousin Shamrocks, namely the building of cards up or down and the fact that there are no redeals.
Bristol is a Patience game using a deck of 52 playing cards. It has an unusual feature of building regardless of suit on both the foundations and on the tableau; it is also one of the easiest to win.
Crescent is a solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards mixed together. The game is so called because when the cards are dealt properly, the resulting piles should form a large arc or a crescent.
Eagle Wing is a Patience game which is played with a deck of 52 playing cards. The game takes its name from the tableau which depicts an eagle-like bird spreading its wings in flight. It is somewhat related to the Canfield variant Storehouse.
Intelligence is a Patience game which uses two decks of playing cards mixed together. It is basically a two-deck version of another solitaire game, La Belle Lucie, and its game play is somewhat closer to the parent game than its cousins House in the Wood and House on the Hill. As the name suggests, with intelligent play good players should be able to win about half of their games.
Rouge et Noir is a patience card game which is played using two decks of playing cards. Invented by Charles Jewell, it is a unique game where two types of building are done in the same game.
Queen of Italy is a solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards. It is a very strategic game that rewards careful planning, since the cards that potentially block the game are presented at the start, and with care it can be completed about half the number of attempts.
Duchess is a patience or solitaire card game which uses a deck of 52 playing cards. It has all four typical features of a traditional solitaire game: a tableau, a reserve, a stock and a waste pile, and is quite easy to win. It is closely related to Canfield.
Miss Milligan is a patience game which is played using two decks of playing cards. According to Peter Arnold, author of Card Games for One, this classic game's enduring popularity is in part due to its amazing tendency to enable complete recovery from seemingly hopeless positions.
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.
Grand Duchess is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. One unique feature of this game is the building of the reserve, which is not used until the entire stock runs out.
The Plot is a Patience game which is played with two decks of playing cards.
Four Seasons is a solitaire card game which is played with a single deck of playing cards. It is also known as Corner Card and Vanishing Cross, due to the arrangement of the foundations and the tableau respectively.
Fortress is a patience or solitaire card game which is played with a deck of playing cards, of the Castle family. It has two more tableau piles than Beleaguered Castle and the piles are shorter.
Four Corners, also known as Les Quatre Coins, Cornerstones, or Corner Patience, is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. It is so called because of the pile of four cards at the corners of the tableau.
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.
Golf is a patience or solitaire card game where players try to earn the lowest number of points over the course of nine deals. It has a tableau of 35 face-up cards and a higher ratio of skill to luck than most other solitaire card games.
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.