The Complete Book of Solitaire and Patience Games

by Albert H. Moorehead, Geoffrey Mott-Smith

This is the new updated edition of the classic book for the novice player and seriously addicted alike. Test your wits against of 225 of the best card games ever invented - from familiar and famous to the strange and new. From Canfield, Klondike and Napoleon's Forty Thieves to Boomerang, Bristol and Sudden Death. Right here, the odds are in your favour for endless hours of fun. But you may have a way to go to become a winner!

Genres: Games, Reference, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1949

Reviews

[Martin Gibbs · Rating 4 out of 5]

... We didn't have solitaire on our phones. Heck, it wasn't even on computers. I've had this book since before that little box of wires ever entered our house, and have used it time and again ever since. It seems I carried either a book or a deck of cards with me almost everywhere, and when I found myself waiting or idle, I'd read or play a game of solitaire. This book was the perfect little gem to provide me with a lot of other options to patience games than the standard "Klondike", including games with multiple decks, modified decks, etc.

I'm sure this book doesn't sell much anymore, due to the prevalance of people tied to their tiny little window on a phone, but if you would like to play with real cards and learn some fun and unique games, this guide will help you. Since it also gives odds of winning a game, you can pick one to try at for hours, or only a few minutes.

[Hans Ostrom · Rating 5 out of 5]

More variations on solitaire (also known as patience) than you can shake a stick at. In terms of the names of variations, "Try Again, Sir Tommy" is my favorite.