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Russian is a difficult solitaire game using 1 deck of playing cards, but there is not a deck or stock (like Yukon).
UNLIKE Yukon, the Tableau stacks build down in suit. Any faced up cards can be moved, even if there are other cards on top of those cards. Only a King can move to an empty space. The game is won when all cards have been moved to the Foundation building up in suit from Ace to King.
Yukon is very similar to Russian Solitaire, except the Tableau stacks build down in suit in Russian Solitaire.
Klondike or Canfield (traditional) is a patience 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". Meanwhile, elsewhere the game is known as American Patience. The game rose to fame in the late 19th century, being named "Klondike" after the Canadian region where a gold rush happened. It is rumored that the game was either created or popularized by the prospectors in Klondike.
Yukon is a type of solitaire game using 1 deck of playing cards, but there is not a deck or stock.
Napoleon at St Helena is a patience card game. It is quite difficult to win, and relies mostly on luck. It is also known as Forty Thieves, Roosevelt at San Juan, Big Forty and Le Cadran.
Scorpion is a Patience game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Although somewhat related to Spider, the method of game play is akin to Yukon. The object of this game is to form four columns of suit sequence cards from king down to ace.
British Square is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. It has an unusual feature of switchback building whereby each foundation is first built up and then built down.
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.
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.
Following is a solitaire card game which uses a deck of playing cards. It is so called because a player has to follow a rotation of suits. It was first described in the book "Games of Patience" by M. Whitemore Jones and has since seen in the book Games for One and at least two computer solitaire packages.
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.
Aces and Kings is a 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 without regard to suit.
Alaska is a solitaire game using one deck of playing cards, and is quite similar to the game "Yukon". It is said to be more difficult than "Yukon" due to the difference in Tableau building. The object of the game is to move all cards to the Foundations.
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.
Beetle is a difficult solitaire game using two decks of playing cards. The game is similar to "Spider", except the Tableau cards are faced up. The object of the game is to group all of the cards into sets of 13 in suit.
Casket is a moderately easy solitaire game using two decks. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the Foundations.
Corona is a relatively long and difficult solitaire game using two decks. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the Foundations.
Josephine is a solitaire game using two decks of playing cards. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the Foundations.
Australian Patience is a solitaire game using one deck of playing cards. This game is a challenging combination of Klondike and Scorpion. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the Foundations.
Acme is a Canfield type of solitaire game using 1 deck of playing cards.
