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About the Games

If you’re browsing for a new game of a particular type, have a look through this chapter. We’ve tried to group the games in ways that may help you find what you’re looking for.

Simple Games: Aces High, Quadrille, and The Wish are games that don’t require much thought, and that are not too hard to win. Children will like them, and so will adults in search of a vacation from too much thinking.

Fairly Simple Games: Grandfather’s Clock, Accordion, and Pyramid are a little harder to learn than the really simple games, but not much. Each has scope for thought—in fact, some can get quite deep and are also listed as “Thinker’s Games”—but they are still entertaining when played at a simple level. Older children will enjoy them.

Thinker’s Games: Accordion, Beleaguered Castle, Calculation, Chessboard, Fortress, Grandma’s Game, Miss Milligan, Pyramid, Spider, and Spiderette are all games that you are unlikely to win unless you put a lot of thought into your play.

Challenges: Accordion and Golf are very  difficult to win, no matter how well you play. If you win one of these, consider throwing a party.

Rewarding Games: Bisley, Miss Milligan and Tabby Cat are games which can be won more often than not, but only if you play thoughtfully and well. If you like to be rewarded for your efforts, these are good choices. Golf and Pyramid have special scoring systems that will reward good play, although “real wins” are rare.

Two Deck Games: Forty Thieves, Grandma’s Game, Miss Milligan, and Spider are solitaires that use two full decks, a total of 104 cards. They are long, interesting games that cannot be lost too quickly, and which offer much scope for intelligent play.

Small Games: Aces High, Calculation, Quadrille, and The Wish are games that rarely if ever take up much room. These are good ones to learn to play with real cards, for occasions when you have time to spare but no room to spare: long trips by plane, train, bus, or car, for example.

Large Games: Baker’s Dozen, Bisley, Forty Thieves, Manx, Miss Milligan, Spider, and Tabby Cat feature large layouts. If you have a large monitor and want a big game to puzzle over, try some of these.

Pretty Games: Grandfather’s Clock, Pyramid, Quadrille, and The Wish are games that make pretty patterns on the table, and that are fun to play or win for that reason.

Unusual Games: Accordion, Grandma’s Game, and Pyramid offer a pleasant change from the usual build-up-and-down format of most solitaires.

Related Games: Some games are variations on each other. Here are the “families” of games available in Solitaire Till Dawn:
    • La Belle Lucie, Trefoil
    • Klondike (Familiar), Klondike (Strict)
    • Beleaguered Castle, Chessboard, Fortress
    • Spider, Spiderette
    • Tabby Cat, Manx