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The Microsoft Solitaire Manual for the Novice

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 Introduction To  Microsoft  Solitaire: Microsoft  Solitaire is a card game that usually involves a single player. The cards are dealt from a deck that has been well shuffled. They are placed on the playing surface in an arrangement that follows predefined rules and limitations. The player then gets to play Solitaire by arranging the deck through initiating moves to replace the cards by suit and rank. The game can be modified to become a multi-player game. The player decides on the scoring option to play by. It could be either the standard or the Vegas scoring method.  The latter is a timed system that has been implemented to put time constraints into place, and to keep a count of the number of moves made. This makes scoring in the game relatively difficult. The game has skill levels, with the higher levels being more complex than the lower levels. These skill levels usually present the diverse difficulties in re-arranging the deck to finish the game. There are ...

The Different Versions of Solitaire

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Lovers of solitaire game will be welcome to a wide variety of versions, meaning that they can try new ones whenever they like. The rules and layout of these versions vary from one to the other, and the players must make sure they learn them so that they can play the game the right way to achieve the goal. Some of the versions available on the internet include: • Klondike Solitaire Made popular by Microsoft, this version comes with 52 cards that must be moved into the foundation by suit, starting with Ace to the King. Yukon is similar to this, but the cards will be dealt into 7 columns from the start of the game. • Solitaire Tower This versions consists of 52 cards that are arranged into a pyramid with 8 rows. Players are supposed to move the cards to the foundation, if: o it is one greater or one lesser than the card that is displayed on the foundation, and o It does not come with another card on top of it. • Bristol Solitaire game This version starts with 24 cards dealt in 8 rows of 3...

Solitaire Lexicon - A Glossary of Terms Used in Solitaire & Patience Card Games

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  When you play solitaire card games, you'll come across a few terms which you may not be familiar with, but which can help you to understand and appreciate the game. Ascending Sequence A run of cards that goes up in value (e.g. 9-10-J). Building Playing one card (or group of cards) upon another, according to the rules of the game. Building may be specified one or more in several ways, according to the rules of a particular game: By Alternate Color - Build red on black, or black on red, regardless of suit By Color - Build red on red, or black on black, regardless of suit By Suit - Cards must be played in a sequence of the same suit Down - Cards must be played in a sequence of descending rank Regardless of Suit - Build using rank alone, ignoring color and suit Up - Cards must be played in a sequence of ascending rank Color A standard deck has two colors: Hearts and Diamonds are red, Clubs and Spades are black. Column A vertical pile or group of cards. Deal To turn up cards from the ...

The Benefits of Online Solitaire Over the Traditional Card Game

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  Introduction: Are you feeling bored? Well, if you are someone who loves playing card games you can get rid of your boredom by playing an online Solitaire card game. Solitaire, also referred to as patience, is a card game that has a goal of sorting out the cards in specific order.  Solitaire is basically meant for single player but while playing solitaire online you can compete with more than one player. Some of the benefits of online solitaire over the traditional card game are as follows: You Don't Need To Rely On Your Family or Friends In this busy life it's not possible for everyone to set an evening aside to play card with your family or your friends. If you are facing the same situation, online solitaire might be the solution for you. Unlike the traditional card game, while playing solitaire you don't need to call your friends and arrange the time and place to play. You Can Compete With Other Players If you're bored of playing alone, you can challenge other playe...

Solitaire Card Games

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Introduction To Solitaire:   Solitaire is a card game that originated in Australia. In the US, it is known as 'Solitaire' and in British English it is referred to as 'Patience.' This card game has over 54 variations. There are multiplayer solitaire card games too. It is a game generally played with a deck of 52 cards. Solitaire games involve dealing cards from a shuffled deck in a methodical arrangement on a table. A player tries to re-order the deck by suit and rank through a series of moves, transferring cards from one place to another. There are prescribed restrictions that have to be followed.  All the cards of a certain rank form the guidelines on which the suits are built. The moves proceed until the game is won or a further move is impossible. This is known as making or breaking the game. Some games allow re-shuffling of the deck or the placement of cards in a new or empty location. Solitaire has its own terminology. There are many types of solitaire games, but t...

Basics on How to Play Solitaire

Introduction To Microsoft Solitaire game:   Solitaire is one of the oldest card games known. Different names are often used to refer to solitaire. While in America the common name is solitaire, in the UK, it is commonly referred to as 'Patience.' However, this does not change how to play solitaire.  The game's rules are universal. Additionally, the game's fame surpasses that enjoyed by even the modern sophisticated games. Generally, it is played in almost every corner of the globe. This is mainly due to its simple and easy to understand rules. Some of the basics to play the game are outlined. As already mentioned, it is simple and easy to understand. The elements that constitute the game are illustrated below: 1. Firstly, it is important to note that solitaire involves dealing of cards from a well-shuffled pack. The cards are arranged on a table and dealt according to predefined rules. 2. The player attempts to rearrange the deck based on rank and suites via a series of...

Have Online Fun: Play Solitaire in Its Most Advanced Form

  Solitaire is an offline and online card game, it is generally played by a single player. One can play solitaire in many versions like FreeCell, Pyramids, Scorpion and Klondike. This game is popular in the United Kingdom as "patience".  In other countries like United States the game is popular with its original name. Today card games can be played on free gaming sites by choosing any favorite theme. These games don't have hard rules, so players can master over them by applying simple logic and following general strategies of playing. One can play solitaire by arranging cards in well shuffled decks. Most cards are arranged on the play table according to predefined rules. The deck of cards in online solitaire game is arranged according to ranks and suites. Many forms of this game involve reshuffling of cards. This game has its own word terminology.  Players can win easily if they have knowledge of world terminology concerned with card games. One can enjoy numerous varietie...

Evolution of the Solitaire Game

 Introduction To solitaire Game: Solitaire is one of the most well-known card games that are called by different names at various parts of the world. The exact origin of Solitaire is unknown but it is believed that solitaire was originated in the 17th century. In 18th century the game was very popular in France and Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the first fans of Solitaire.  It is believed that he used to play the game when he was in exile at St. Helena in 1816. It wasn't the end of 18th century that the game made its entry to England where it was called Patience. Once the game reached England, it started to gain popularity very quickly and within the span of few more decades, so little was popular all over the world. One of the major benefits of solitaire was that it needed only one player which made it the most desirable time by for those who are alone for various reasons.  Solitaire couldn't regain the popularity by more than card games were emerging in the 20th century...

Solitaire Game Guide

 Introduction to solitaire: Despite what you may think, solitaire isn't actually one specific game... it's actually an entire category of different card games. Solitaire is actually any card game that you play on your own. The game called "Solitaire" that Microsoft ships with windows is actually a type of solitaire game, called Klondike. There are hundreds of other solitaire games as well though. Another favorite is FreeCell, which Microsoft also ships. Other popular solitaire games, include Spider, Pyramid, and Tri Peaks. Hey, also read this post to know more bout Microsoft solitaire games  : Each solitaire game has different rules, different ways to win, and different styles. Some solitaire games, like Klondike, don't show you all the cards at the start. A mixture of luck and skill is needed to win the game. Other games, like FreeCell, have all the cards visible, right from the very start of the game. This means that the game is totally under the users control.....

Solitaire Or Patience Games

 Introduction to Solitaire Solitaire, which is also known as patience in England, is a hugely popular single player card game.  Solitaire is not actually a single game, solitaire is in reality a family of games, there are hundreds of different ways to play solitaire and loads of different versions and variations of the game using either one or more decks of cards shuffled together, each individual version of the game has different rules and different skill levels.  The most basic versions of solitaire can be picked up and learned fairly easily by most card players.  However the more complicated versions of solitaire could take the player hours to complete and are also much harder to learn. Solitaire games typically entail dealing out the cards from a deck, in some game two decks are used, the cards are normally shuffled first before set out into a preset layout on a tabletop or other flat surface, and then a player attempts to reorganize the deck of cards by rank and...