| Author | Message | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2002 |
This is where you can ask what a particular solitaire game is and what it is called in Pretty Good Solitaire. For example, the game sometimes known as Montana or Addiction is the game Gaps in Pretty Good Solitaire. | ||
| Connie Clark
Unregistered guest |
For years I've been searching for a double-solitaire game we knew as "Russian Bank". In "hard" form, it's played by two people and, I believe, 4 decks of cards. Does anyone know it, either in "hard" or virtual form? | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2002 |
>For years I've been searching for a double-solitaire game we knew as "Russian Bank". I know of the game, it's in a number of solitaire books, including David Parlett's classic "The Penguin Book of Patience". It's not actually a solitaire game, though, as it requires two players, so for that reason it is not in Pretty Good Solitaire. I've never seen a computer version of it. | ||
| JAN SCHEL Unregistered guest |
I'M LOOKING TO PLAY SPIDER SOLITAIRE, BUT THE GAME THAT PLAYS WITH 2 SUITS OR THREE SUITS WHICH EVER YOU PREFER TO PLAY-NOT THE ENTIRE DECK AS ON PRETTY GOOD SOLITAIRE WITH TWO DECKS, ALL SUITS. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 37 Registered: 12-2002 |
>I'M LOOKING TO PLAY SPIDER SOLITAIRE, BUT THE GAME THAT PLAYS WITH 2 SUITS OR THREE SUITS WHICH EVER YOU PREFER TO PLAY In Pretty Good Solitaire, the one suit game is Black Widow, the two suit game is Tarantula. Although these games have all 4 suits, the rules are such that they are like the 1 or 2 suits games. They are much easier to win than the regular Spider game. | ||
| Kay Voss (Kayv)
New Solitaire Player Username: Kayv Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2003 |
In a trial program there was a game called, "Montana". Is that game in the downloaded version? | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 40 Registered: 12-2002 |
>In a trial program there was a game called, "Montana". Is that game in the downloaded version? Montana is another name for the game called Gaps in Pretty Good Solitaire. | ||
| Dianne Dawson
Unregistered guest |
My mother taught me a game she called "Idiot's Delight." You hold a single deck in your hand, turn up four cards from the bottom of the deck and place them fan-style on top of the deck. If the first (last card turned up) and fourth (first card turned up) cards match in suit you discard the second and third cards. If they match in rank you discard all four cards. You continue turning up one card at a time from the bottom of the deck, matching the first and fourth cards, until you have turned up all the cards. The object is to discard all the cards. Have you heard of this game? Is there another name for it? I searched the internet but the only "Idiot's Delight" I found was not the game I described. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 43 Registered: 12-2002 |
Idiot's Delight is a common name for solitaire games, so common it can almost be considered a generic term for solitaire. When used to describe a specific game, it is most often the game King Albert. It is also often used for the game Aces Up. The game you describe is a variant of Royal Marriage. It's also very close to Push-Pin. I've not heard of this exact variant before, but it's very close to Royal Marriage in play. | ||
| WayneF
Unregistered guest |
In WYVERN's "Bikini Solitaire" (bikinisol.exe) there is a game called Perpetual Motion. Is it in P G Sol? In the same program, is French Revolution. Is this in P G Sol also? | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 46 Registered: 12-2002 |
>Perpetual Motion. Is it in P G Sol? Yes, Perpetual Motion is in Pretty Good Solitaire. Although there are several games that are sometimes called Perpetual Motion, the one in PGS is the one most commonly known by that name and is likely the same game. >French Revolution. Is this in P G Sol also? I've not heard of a game called French Revolution. It might be in PGS under a different name, but I'm not familar with that name. | ||
| Cheryl J. Sines (Gleeekk)
New Solitaire Player Username: Gleeekk Post Number: 2 Registered: 1-2003 |
Here goes... *My* mother taught me a solitaire game that she learned as a child that plays like "Russian Solitaire" however, the starting layout was different. The top row is laid out like Klondike with the first card face up, then down thru the seventh pile. Starting again with the second pile and repeating until all seven piles show a face up card. Then, a second row all face up, followed by two rows beginning with the second pile and ending with the sixth, again face up. Repeat, indenting from each end until all cards are used with a single card in the fourth position. Play is exactly as in "Russian". Sad to say, we never had a name for this game. Did I miss this variant, or is it not in PGS? | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 51 Registered: 12-2002 |
>*My* mother taught me a solitaire game that she learned as a child ... From the description I can't identify the game as anything I've seen before. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 63 Registered: 12-2002 |
>Have you heard of this and might it be included in a future version of Goodsol? Yes, I've heard of the game. The problem with it is that it wouldn't really work in computer form - there's nothing for the computer to do (or the computer would do everything and there would be nothing for the player to do). | ||
| Marguerite Beisner Unregistered guest |
Is there a game like I know as Addictive Solitaire. All the cards are spread out in 4 rows, then the aces are removed. The object is to get all the cards of the same suit in 1 row, starting with 2 at the left. You can put nothing after a king. 3 reshuffles are allowed. If the space after the 5 of hearts is empty you can move only the 6 of hearts there. If the space after a jack of spades is empty, you can move only the queen of spades there etc. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 184 Registered: 12-2002 |
>All the cards are spread out in 4 rows, then the aces are removed. This is the classic game called "Gaps" in Pretty Good Solitaire. It is also sometimes called Montana. | ||
| Enid Wagstrom (Beanie1953)
New Solitaire Player Username: Beanie1953 Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2003 |
A friend of mine had a solitaire program called Solitaire's Journey and it had a game that was played like Calculation, but it had 8 cards across the top instead of 4, and I'm sure it was double deck. Does PG Solitaire have this game? I don't remember what it was called. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 198 Registered: 12-2002 |
>played like Calculation, but it had 8 cards across the top instead of 4, and I'm sure it was double deck. Does PG Solitaire have this game? This sounds like the game Senior Wrangler in Pretty Good Solitaire. | ||
| Mike Bailin (Mikeb)
New Solitaire Player Username: Mikeb Post Number: 1 Registered: 3-2003 |
Hi - I know this one's not in PGS, but maybe worth a thought for the future? "Poker Solitaire" is totally unrelated to any other game I know, and is nicely suited to the computer because it simplifies scorekeeping. Cards are dealt one at a time onto a 5x5 array with the object of forming as many good poker hands as possible on the 12 (or 10, see below) rows of 5. There can be all kinds of variations -- whether or not the diagonals can count for scoring, whether each card can be placed anywhere in the array or must be adjacent to one already played, and of course the point values of the poker hands formed. While obviously it's not possible to win or lose in the classic sense, I've often seen this with 50 or 60 points counted as a "win". | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 227 Registered: 12-2002 |
We have a Poker Solitaire game called "Poker Solitaire Pack" at <http://www.goodsol.com/pokersol>. It's not a very popular game, but Poker Solitaire might someday find it's way into PGS. | ||
| MARY H MCNATT
Unregistered guest |
DOES PGS HAVE THE GAME "UPSIDE DOWN PYRAMID?" IT IS DEALT 10 IN THE TOP ROW ON DOWN TO 1 CARD, ALL FACE UP, PLAYED EVERY OTHER COLOR. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT IN PGS. THANKS, MARY | ||
| Mike Bailin (Mikeb)
New Solitaire Player Username: Mikeb Post Number: 3 Registered: 3-2003 |
Hi Mary - Sounds like you're talking about Triangle, which is laid out and played pretty much as you describe it. And yes, it's been in PGS at least as far back as the Quest Edn. Best, Mike | ||
| Mike Bailin (Mikeb)
New Solitaire Player Username: Mikeb Post Number: 4 Registered: 3-2003 |
Whoops, let me amend my last one, I didn't read your question closely enough. Triangle's the same as Pyramid in the sense that suits are irrelevant, you're just looking for pairs totalling 13 (or individual Kings, of course). | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 234 Registered: 12-2002 |
>DOES PGS HAVE THE GAME "UPSIDE DOWN PYRAMID?" No, I don't know of a game by that name. The only game I know of with an upside down pyramid is Triangle. | ||
| Sandi Unregistered guest |
I'm looking for a game called spider solitaire. It goes something like...you choose to use 1,2, or 4 suits. 6 piles at the top like regular solitaire. 4 piles, I think of 6 cards each at the bottom of the screen. Try to build same suit cards on the top piles but can also build black on red...just to help yourself. When you cant do anything else you click on one of the bottom piles and one card will be built on each of the top piles. There's also a button that shows you what moves are available to make at that time. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 262 Registered: 12-2002 |
>I'm looking for a game called spider solitaire. Spider is one of the games in Pretty Good Solitaire. For the one or two suit variations, see Spider One Suit and Spider Two Suit. | ||
| Brita von Bartenwerffer (Brita) New Solitaire Player Username: Brita Post Number: 19 Registered: 1-2003 |
I remember a solitaire game called "Darnit" from years ago. It was part of a game collection to run on a DOS machine. I can't remember all the details but it think these are about right: The playing field was a 4x4 square. One could place each card on each of the fields BUT kings could only go in the four edges, queens only one the middle two fields on the sides (or top?) and jacks only one the middle two fields on the top (or sides?). Once all fields were filled one had to match cards that add up to ten and remove them from the fields. Now one could fill up the fields again from the stock. One lost if - the fields reserved for king, queen and jack were filled with other cards - no cards added up to ten and could no be removed One won only when all kings, queens and jacks were in their places and there were no cards left on the stock. It's a single pack game. There's the stock from which the cards are transfered one by one to the fields. There is no waste, cards have to placed on the fields. Matched cards are removed from the fields and placed aside. I hope this description will help you identify the game. From what I remember it's a hard game because I only ever won once in a blue moon. When I did, the cards would move in spirals around on the screen which I loved but hardly ever saw. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 275 Registered: 12-2002 |
That sounds like a game called "Kings Corners". | ||
| Brita von Bartenwerffer (Brita) New Solitaire Player Username: Brita Post Number: 20 Registered: 1-2003 |
It isn't part of PGS though, is it? | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 280 Registered: 12-2002 |
No, it's not. | ||
| pgs348 Unregistered guest |
It sounds like a great game. Can you add it? | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 288 Registered: 12-2002 |
I haven't added it because I don't have any standardized rules for it. I've not seen Kings Corners in any book, so I don't know where the game came from. I've just seen a couple of (rather old) computer versions of it and each version is different. | ||
| kathy adams
Unregistered guest |
Looking for an animated, talking version of Klondike. The Kings say "It's good to be King", Aces say "Ribbit, Ribbit". Any idea where I can find this game? | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 310 Registered: 12-2002 |
>Looking for an animated, talking version of Klondike. Sorry, I don't know of one. | ||
| Christine Tackett Unregistered guest |
I am looking for a solitaire game called 10 of clubs. layout: game uses only the A-K-Q-J-10 of each suit from a single deck of cards. cards are shuffled and dealt face down in a grid of 4 rows of 5 cards each, dealt left to right top to bottom. you turn the last card dealt face up this is your first card available to play. all play takes place in the tableau. play is similar to that of traveler's clock in that cards are supposed to go to specific locations. winning layout would end with all cards face up in A-K-Q-J-10 order going across with suits being hearts spades diamonds clubs in order going down the grid . obstacles if you ever turn up the 10 clubs before the layout is completed , its home being the lower right corner of the grid, the game is over. example of play cards are dealt out last card dealt turned face up is Ace of hearts you move this card to 1st row 1st space taking the card there which when turned up is 10 of hearts you put this card in 1st row 5th space and turnover the card that was there and play on until you find the 10 of clubs or the layout is complete. have you ever heard of this game or could it be added to PGS? it is a fun, simple game to play but also can be very aggravating because the odds are good with only 20 cards in the deck for the game that you will lose very quickly. definitely a game based totally on luck of the deal | ||
| dandecker Unregistered guest |
I have been trying to find the name for a solitaire game that you deal the cards all face up in, I believe in a 5X5 formation. When there is a pair placed on top of eachother you give your reserve a card, also each time you start back at top and on Kings, I think. I also would like to get the rules. | ||
| keith hallberg
Unregistered guest |
I played a game about 5 years ago on a local bulletin board. I'm looking for a solitaire game like pyramid but the tableau is 5 by 5. You could discard cards that add up to 13 and you got a free game if you cleared the tableau. You could use the top card of the discard pile with a tableau if desired. Each day you had 3 or 5 games depending on the BB. I like pyramid but this format was more fun. Any names or sites would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Keith | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 440 Registered: 12-2002 |
Keith, we don't have anything like that right now, but check out <http://www.actionsol.com>. I think that will be exactly what you are looking for. | ||
| John Rembetski (John_r)
Junior Solitaire Player Username: John_r Post Number: 6 Registered: 4-2003 |
I am not sure what the games are called, but I have seen some puzzle and poker solitaire games. Any possibility of including some of these in a future version of Goodsol? Thanks. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 449 Registered: 12-2002 |
John, We actually have a very old collection of poker games at <http://www.goodsol.com/pokersol>. It's possible that at some point we'll update this or do some kind of new poker type game. I probably won't add poker games to Pretty Good Solitaire because they would be rather different from all the other games in it. | ||
| Anonymous |
this is just old solitare, you use a single deck of cards. you have five piles, one pile you deal from at the top left corner and you hold your aces at the bottom you play off the aces but suites, all spades, all dimands and so on. | ||
| Druid Unregistered guest |
I'm looking for a game that's known as Lady Jane in the program AisleRiot, but is only very vaguely like the game called Lady Jane in PGS. Does anyone know if a game like this exists with a different name in PGS? Thanks in advance. One standard deck. Tableau: The common setup with 28 cards in seven piles with 1 card in the leftmost pile, 2 in the next, etc, building up to 7 in the rightmost pile. Only the top card in each pile is face up. Cards are built down by alternating colors. Groups can be moved. An empty pile can only be filled by a card whose rank is one below the base card. Reserve: Seven piles on the far right, initially with one card in each. All cards are face up. Top card on each pile can be played to Tableau or Foundation. Empty spaces can not be filled except by a deal from Stock. Foundation: Four piles on top. Deal one card into the first Foundation pile after dealing onto Tableau and Reserve. This card is now the base card. Build up by suit, wrapping as needed. For example, if the base card is Q you would build up QKA23456789TJ. Stock: Top left. Place the remaining 16 cards here, face down. Cards are turned onto the Reserve (face up) once per deal. Each deal involves 7 cards, one to each of the 7 piles in the Reserve. There are two deals. After the second deal there are two cards left and those are turned face up in the Stock area and are available to be played to Foundation or Tableau. | ||
| Anonymous |
Where is the best place to report a new Solitaire variation that I invented? | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support) Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 501 Registered: 12-2002 |
Druid, I don't know of a game like that called Lady Jane. I invented the Lady Jane game in PGS (it is named after our cat - see http://www.goodsol.com/cats/ladyjane.html ). I don't know of another game by the same name. | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support) Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 502 Registered: 12-2002 |
Anon, You can email the game to me at support@goodsol.com . I can tell you whether the game is actually new or not (often it is an existing game). | ||
| Anonymous |
Instead of emailing, I'll just post it here. The new game invention is a variation of Aces Up. Same rules as Aces Up, except that the Jacks can be used for either suit of the same color. This adds a new element of strategy while playing, and also improves the odds of winning making it more enjoyable. Bruce | ||
| w mitchell
Unregistered guest |
I'm looking for a game, don't know the name. Uses 1 deck of card. Lay first card down face up. Lay 2nd card down face up next to it on the right. If the 2nd card matches either the suit or # of card 1 then move it ontop of card 1. Continue to lay cards down 1 card at a time. However, the catch is that you can only move the card ontop of either the first or third card to your left if it matches. Anyone know what this is called and if it's available for computer? Thanks | ||
| Anonymous |
Sounds like Accordion to me! | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support) Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 536 Registered: 12-2002 |
Yes, that's Accordion or a close variation. It is in Pretty Good Solitaire. | ||
| Frank
Unregistered guest |
Does anyone know where I can get the TRUE rules for double-solitaire? | ||
| Tonya Unregistered guest |
I am looking for a game much like the game tri towers, but it is called pogo tri peaks. Anyone know where I can buy it? | ||
| Gregg Seelhoff (Seelhoff) Master Solitaire Player Username: Seelhoff Post Number: 105 Registered: 1-2003 |
>I am looking for a game much like the game tri towers, but it is called pogo tri peaks. Anyone know where I can buy it? I strongly suggest you download Action Solitaire (http://www.actionsol.com). This software contains two games, Triple Towers and Triple Peaks, which are very similar to what you seek. (The specific game you asked about is online only and not available here.  ) | ||
| Anonymous |
Looking for a particular solitaire version I learned 15 years ago, I came across a computer version named Collapsing Deck. Quoting from the author "This solitaire game is played with a standard 52-card deck. The object is to spread out a deck of 52 cards and then reduce the spread to one stack. When you find cards with matching suits or face values either next to each other or three places apart, you move the back card on top of its match." Now I want to know is if this game has any other names and where I can find more info about it. "Collapsing Deck" is not turning up anything. | ||
| Anonymous |
To "Collapsing Deck" seeker: that sounds a lot like "Accordian"--have you tried playing that one? | ||
| Anonymous |
About 3 years ago I found this pyramid solitaire game online that the background had a Sphinx and a pyramid and the cards were dealt over the background when you couldn't play any more cards or finished the pyramid you got points and alos a symbol, Eye of Anubis, sacrophages, etc...I can't remember the others. I actually won enough times in one sitting that the pyramid of cards changes to another format and a glowing golden eye appeared Does any of this sound familiar to anyone. Its a really cool game and I've looked for it with no luck. | ||
| Ella Prest (Daizy) Junior Solitaire Player Username: Daizy Post Number: 6 Registered: 5-2004 |
I used to play that game, thought it was uproar.com but I checked. maybe it was bigprizes.com ? if you find it will you let me know, please Daizy | ||
| Heather012 Unregistered guest |
Hello. My favorite solitaire game is a game called Tabby Cat in my palm pilot. Is this game part of Pretty Good Solitaire? If it is, what's it called? I can't find this game anywhere except for Palms, so I'm wondering if it's under a different name. Tabby Cat is played by dealing out 4 cards. Cards are placed in decending order, regardless of suit. There is a place near the deck where a single card or a stack of cards can be placed until played. If no other moves can be made, another four cards are dealt out onto the stacks of cards. Once a stack is made from K down to A, it is removed and piled on the side. The goal is to place all the cards in piles from K to A and the game is over when all four piles are made, or no more moves can be made. Many thanks, Heather012 | ||
| Thomas Warfield (Support) Moderator Username: Support Post Number: 835 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hi Heather, No, I don't recognize that game. It is not in Pretty Good Solitaire. | ||
| kathyc
Unregistered guest |
what is the lowest possible movesin one suit spider solitaire | ||
| Gregg Seelhoff (Seelhoff) Master Solitaire Player Username: Seelhoff Post Number: 161 Registered: 1-2003 |
>what is the lowest possible movesin one suit spider solitaire It requires a minimum of 51 moves, 46 card moves plus 5 deals from the stock. This is the same for Spider, Spider One Suit, and Spider Two Suits. The quick calculation (as discussed more rigorously elsewhere) is that each suit requires 12 connections to complete, and there are 8 suits per game, for a total of 96 connections. There are 50 cards (i.e., 5 deals) in the stock, so there are that many possibilities for a coincidental connection to be made. Hence, 96 (connections) - 50 (coincidental) + 5 (deals) = 51 moves total. This requires an incredibly lucky deck shuffle which Spider One Suit is statistically much more likely to have than Spider, but it is still incredibly unlikely to happen naturally. | ||
| Jochen Schmidtmann (Jochen) New Solitaire Player Username: Jochen Post Number: 1 Registered: 3-2005 |
My wife loved to play a patience, called ADA (exactly ADA_TWRS), for years. This game - a freecell type - originally was written in a special programming language, but worked well with DOS and Win3.1. It was never freshened up for later Win versions, and for some peculiar cause it doesn't display neatly with WinXP, even if one uses the virtual 640x480 / 256 color environment. Luckily, I found "Seatowers" & Co in PGS, we bought a licence, and now my wife is happy again. --> I am just wondering, which of the freecell games exactly matches ADA? (ada_twrs.exe ist still downloadable from the web) - And if so, why did the patience get a different name? Thanks Jochen | ||
| Raven Unregistered guest Posted From: 64.228.199.243 |
It was called Pharaoh's Treasure and was through bigprizes.com which is now closed, much to my dismay, as I also loved playing that came, and haven't found anything similar out there. Could care less about the "prizes", the game was just a riot! Still on the hunt for another version though... RE: Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 11:28 pm: About 3 years ago I found this pyramid solitaire game online that the background had a Sphinx and a pyramid and the cards were dealt over the background when you couldn't play any more cards or finished the pyramid you got points and alos a symbol, Eye of Anubis, sacrophages, etc...I can't remember the others. I actually won enough times in one sitting that the pyramid of cards changes to another format and a glowing golden eye appeared Does any of this sound familiar to anyone. Its a really cool game and I've looked for it with no luck. (Message approved by admin) | ||
| Kristen Prescott (Birdblossom) New Solitaire Player Username: Birdblossom Post Number: 1 Registered: 5-2005 |
Please help me with the name of a game that I never knew. Cards are dealt in seven columns and six rows. The first three cards of the first three rows are dealt face down. The rest are dealt face up. There are three extra cards at the end of the deal that can be placed wherever they'll fit during the game. The object is similar to Spider, where you're trying to get all suits lined up in a row. You can only place a card on the next higher card of the same suit. You can move any card you like, but you have to take with it whatever is below it. You keep moving stacks of cards around until you uncover some of the face down cards and eventually get them all in order or until no more moves can be made. Sound at all familiar? I don't know if I explained it well. | ||
| Kristen Prescott (Birdblossom) New Solitaire Player Username: Birdblossom Post Number: 2 Registered: 5-2005 |
Cards are dealt in seven columns and seven rows, not six rows. | ||
| Kristen Prescott (Birdblossom) New Solitaire Player Username: Birdblossom Post Number: 3 Registered: 5-2005 |
Never mind. I found it. It's Scorpion. | ||
| Duncan MacDonald Doctorgin@aol.com
Unregistered guest Posted From: 69.244.187.179 |
Looking for name of, or computer version of a great solitaire game.A guy 93 years old showed it to me years ago. He said you needed a nap after you dealt the cards. Deal out 7 tableau (columns) by turning up 1st card in 1st column and then 6 face down in columns 2 through 7. Return to 1st column and deal card face up and then a card face up in 2nd column and then face down in the 3rd through 7th columns. Return to 1st column and deal card face up and up to 2nd and 3rd column and down to 4 - 7. Keep doing this until 1st column has 7 up cards and 7th column has 1 up card. You have 3 cards left over which you may use as desired. Typical ‘ol Klondike solitaire style of play thereafter: Cards are built down onto the tableau in alternating colors. Empty tableaus may only be filled with a King. Cards may be moved if they are in descending order and alternating colors. Uses four foundations. Cards are built starting with Aces building up within the same suit. Fun to figure you bought the deck for $52 and earn $5 for each card you can place on the foundations. (Message approved by admin) | ||
| Duncan MacDonald Doctorgin@aol.com
Unregistered guest Posted From: 69.244.187.179 |
Never mind I just found it at: www.solitairecentral.com/cs_review.html It's known as "Chinese Solitaire." (Message approved by admin) | ||
| Diana Ward Unregistered guest Posted From: 66.69.195.232 |
Looking for the name of a double deck solitaire game my mother taught me many years ago. It consists of eight columns; first row is dealt face down, second row face up. Build down in alternating colors; once all the possible moves have been made, another row is dealt face up, etc. until out of cards. You can move more than one card at a time if the cards below the one you want to move are in the correct order. Game is won when all cards are moved to the 8 foundations at the top, A-K. (Message approved by admin) | ||
| Robin Taylor (Robint) New Solitaire Player Username: Robint Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2005 |
Hello. I'm glad I found a forum, as I haven't been able to locate what I'm looking for on my own. When growing up (I'm 44), we were taught a game called Double Solitaire, and it was a favorite. We only used one deck, but anything I find online refers to two decks, often with only playing with four aces. While it is summertime, my goal is to teach the kids as many board and card games as possible, as it draws them away from the TV and video games. We have been doing good with them learning games (although one of my favorite books - Hoyle's Book of Card Games - is lost for some reason. I'd like to teach the kids to play Double Solitaire with one deck, instead of two, if possible. Now, I know Solitaire indicates playing alone, but I know the game I grew up playing was called Double Solitaire. Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Oh, I'm playing these games either via physical cards and/or games or PDAs when Infrared games are offered. I don't want them playing the games they learned on the computer, as that would be defeating my purpose to some degree. TIA, Robin T. | ||
| hndymn
Unregistered guest Posted From: 68.205.61.209 |
I'm looking for a solitaire game, where you deal all cards out in i think 8 piles, i think. you stack cards up in proper order until you have no moves left, then the under cards are shuffled and piles are consolidated if need be . after shuffling piles you continue to stack cards, game is over when you finish all 4 suits or no moves are available after shuffling. (Message approved by admin) | ||
| Jeralyn Taylor (Annika) Advanced Solitaire Player Username: Annika Post Number: 53 Registered: 4-2004 |
Sounds like a variation on Cruel to me. | ||
| hndymn Unregistered guest Posted From: 68.205.61.209 |
thats it thanks alot (Message approved by admin) | ||
| Jeralyn Taylor (Annika) Advanced Solitaire Player Username: Annika Post Number: 55 Registered: 4-2004 |
A friend taught me this solitaire game in college, and I played it a LOT for about 10 years before I won it. The tableau is dealt like this: 3 cards face down in the center of the playing space; 3 cards face down on each corner of the first pile; 2 sets of 3 cards face down on each of the 4 corner piles. Face the top card of each of the last 8 piles. The remaining cards are the stock. The stock cards are turned up one at at time, and placed on a discard pile if not used. The object: to remove pairs of cards from play, placing them aside in another pile, until all tableau cards are gone. Cards may be paired from tableau, stock or top of the discard pile at any time, but no redeals. Redeal could be an option, I suppose. When a pile of 3 cards is removed from play, the top card of the now exposed pile may be faced. Anyone ever play a game like this? | ||
| Nina Unregistered guest Posted From: 210.86.39.156 |
Hi there, I am looking for the exact rules of a solitaire game that is a bit like accordeon. You start dealing the cards face up one by one until you get one that has the same suit or number as the second one to its left, then you stack those two etc. until you have dealt all the cards and cobined all the ones matching. Then somehow, you pick up all the little stacks you have made in a certain order and start again without shuffling which should give you subtly different options. The idea is to end up stacking them all in one pile, but I seem to remember you could somehow get stuck, too, but I can't quite remember how it works exactly. Does anyone recognise this? thanks! (Message approved by admin) | ||
| percy traynier Unregistered guest Posted From: 62.252.0.5 |
i wonder if you have heard of the version of gaps/montana that i play that uses the aces as well.the cards are dealt in 4 rows of 13,leaving a gap between the first and second card in each row.2 shuffles,with the gaps left at the end ofcards left in position.ieif after 1st deal top row is ace to six the gap is left after six. (Message approved by admin) | ||
| Jo Ann Weiss
Unregistered guest Posted From: 172.144.88.205 |
I'm trying to find the name of a double-deck solitaire game which is played by dealing cards face up in 13 stacks - holding aside one card for each number that ends up in the stack of the same number. After all cards are dealt, the object is to build both up from Ace in suits and down from kings in suit. All cards on the tops of the 13 stacks are playable. When no more plays exist on the 13 stacks, the top card from the stack held aside is placed on the top of that numbered stack and the entire stack can be picked up and played from. (Message approved by admin) | ||
| Jeralyn Taylor (Annika) Advanced Solitaire Player Username: Annika Post Number: 64 Registered: 4-2004 |
This is "Thirteen Packs" in PGS, ecept that during play, each stock card is placed on the bottom of the pile of its same number. I played this game with real cards, before we had shuffle-free, deal-free PGS and Action Sol to make solitaire so much more enjoyable. | ||
| Frances Cammisa (Yankeegal) Advanced Solitaire Player Username: Yankeegal Post Number: 99 Registered: 2-2003 |
I have played a game--I'm sorry to say, in a rival set of SOlitaire games--that is very similar to Parallels except that only the top and bottom lines are available to play. No gaps appear when a card is played to either foundation--it is immediately filled in by a new card. Only at the very end, when the stock is exhausted, are the cards "in-between" available for play. May I add that it is the most impossible game to win--even worse than "Thirteen Packs" and "The Plot"--- Is there anything like this in PGS? Thx--Maria | ||
| Mary Danca Unregistered guest Posted From: 71.228.19.47 |
On July 10 I received a pop up when starting my computer. There were many versions of solitaire and I opened one. It showed a pyramid with 2 cards showing and the remainder spaces were shadowed. You could draw cards from the bottom and place them next to, above, below to a shaded spot thereby building all ways. Each time you completed the pyramid you went to a different level. If you didn't succeed, you had to start over. I turned off the computer and neglected to save this game and now cannot find it. Can you help me? (Message approved by admin) |