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This is a list of patiences, which are card games that are also referred to as solitaires or as card solitaire. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but only includes games that have met the usual Wikipedia requirements (e.g. notability). Additions should only be made if there is an existing entry on Wikipedia that they can be linked to.
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Patience or solitaire cards. Games of patience, or (card) solitaires as they are usually called in North America, ...
Following is a patience or card solitaire that uses a single pack of playing cards. It is so called because a player has to follow a rotation of suits. It was first described in 1892 in Games of Patience by Mary Whitmore Jones [1] and has since appeared in other books and software. [2]
Stones near the top of a size band (or rarer fancy coloured varieties) tend to be uprated slightly. Some of the price jumps are related to marketing and consumer expectations. For example, a buyer expecting a 1 carat (200 mg) diamond solitaire engagement ring may be unwilling to accept a 0.99 carats (198 mg) diamond. [citation needed]
In the U.S. and Canada, it is so well known that the term "Solitaire", in the absence of qualifiers, typically refers to Klondike. [5] Equally in the UK, it is often just known as " Patience ". [ 5 ] Elsewhere the game is known as American Patience .
Jubilee is the name given to two solitaire card games, both played with two decks of playing cards.Both games are so-called because they were created during the time of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.
Solitaire is a computer game included with Microsoft Windows, based on a card game of the same name, also known as Klondike. Its original version was programmed by Wes Cherry, and the cards were designed by Susan Kare .