| Despite what you may think, solitaire isnt actually | | | | are either quite easy( like most deals in Freecell), |
| one specific game... its actually an entire category | | | | or dont require much (if any) thought, like Clock. |
| of different games. Solitaire is actually any card | | | | Some games have distinctive and attractive card |
| game that you play on your own. The game | | | | layouts. Pyramid has all the cards in a big pyramid |
| called Solitaire that Microsoft ships with windows is | | | | shape, and the player must remove cards from |
| actually a type of solitaire game, called Klondike. | | | | the bottom layers until they can reach the top. La |
| There are hundreds of other solitaire games as | | | | Belle Lucie starts the game with 18 fans, which all |
| well though. Another favourite is Freecell, which | | | | grow and shrink as the game goes on. (La Belle |
| Microsoft also ships. Other popular solitaire games, | | | | Lucie looks particularly attractive on a solitaire |
| include Spider, Pyramid, and Tri Peaks. | | | | game supporting rotated cards) |
| Each solitaire game has different rules, different | | | | Some solitaire games were played regularly by |
| ways to win, and different styles. | | | | important historical figures. George Washington |
| Some solitaire games, like Klondike, dont show | | | | and Napoleon were waid to play Napoleon at Elba |
| you all the cards at the start. A mixture of luck | | | | island, with claims that it helped them to think in |
| and skill is needed to win the game. | | | | times of stress. |
| Other games, like Freecell, have all the cards | | | | All solitaire games help you to think, and improve |
| visible, right from the very start of the game. | | | | your concentration and memory- and yet they |
| This means that the game is totally under the | | | | are still relaxing and fun... A much better way to |
| users control... there is no luck involved at all, and | | | | unwind than watching TV! |
| if the user can think things through deeply enough, | | | | No matter who you are, or what mood youre in, |
| then they are VERY likely to win.( Of the 32,000 | | | | there is a type of Solitaire game that you will find |
| deals available in Microsofts Freecell, only one, deal | | | | fun to play right now. I encourage you to try out |
| number 11982, is unsolveable) | | | | a solitaire game package, and discover for |
| Some games are really hard to win, and require a | | | | yourself all the great fun available in the solitaire |
| lot of though. 4 Suit spider is one of these hard | | | | universe. |
| games, and completing a game normally takes | | | | Dan Fletcher is a developer at dogMelon. They |
| atleast half an hour of solid thinking. Other games | | | | make fun solitaire games for Mac, PC, and Palm. |