Every person who knows one card from another has a favorite solitaire poker, or perhaps several favorite solitaires, to which he turns from time to time for relaxation. In this section I have chosen a representative and interesting collection of the innumerable varieties of games played, listed by titles that are generally most familiar. Many of the games are known by several names, but a player looking for some particular game should be able to identify it easily by its characteristic layout.

Scarne’s Notes on Solitaires

Though solitaires are naturally intended primarily for play by an individual, many can be adapted for play by two or more persons. Outstanding examples, of course, are Russian Bank and Spite and Malice, both of which are really sorts of double solitaire. Certain technical terms have become conventional in describing the play in all solitaires; these terms will be explained in this general description of the features common to most of the games in this chapter.

The Cards. A standard 52-card deck is used in most solitaires. But two decks shuffled together are also used in the games toward the end of the chapter..

Sequence. The cards run in sequence for play in the following order: ace (low), two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack. queen, king (high). Sequences may run in ascending order, for example, three, four, five, Six, etc.; or they may run In descending order, for example, queen, jack, ten, nine, eight, etc. Suits have no comparative rank. Hearts and diamonds form one color, spades and clubs form another.

The Layout Tableau. Cards are usually arranged in some plan or pattern according to the rules of the game. Most often this pattern is laid out before the start of play, but sometimes it is developed during play poker . The pattern is referred to as a tableau.

Foundation. Face-up cards that are not part of the tableau, upon which cards may be played in ascending or descending sequences, are referred to as foundation cards or simply foundations. The sequences built on them are foundation piles. The main object in most solitaires is to play cards onto the foundation piles.

Space. The unoccupied place where a card may legally be played in the tableau is usually referred to as a space.

File. A vertical row of built-up cards in the tableau, overlapping each other but leaving the denomination and suit of the partially covered cards visible, is called the file.

The Play

Stock. The remainder of the deck, or some part of it; is referred to as the stock. The stock, also called in some situations the hand, is used in the play according to the rules for the game.

Discard Pile. When cards, at the time they are turned up in a dealing, are not available for play, they become part of a discard pile or talon. This pile is also referred to by some as a trash pile or waste pile, especially when the cards are not dealt again. Sometimes these cards are dealt again for further play, sometimes they are not.

Available Cards. Cards that may be played onto the tableau, a foundation pile, or a space are available, exposed, or playable.
Released cards. Cards that have become playable, owning to the fact that they have become exposed by having other cards removed, are known as released cards.

Building. Playing cards in a legal sequence is referred to as building up. Playing in ascending sequence is building down. playing cards of the same suit is building in suit. Playing cards in alternate colors is building in alternate colors.

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AMERICAN WHIST
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AMERICAN WHIST
BID WHIST
VINT
BOSTON

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