... Like the more recent game, Spider Solitaire, it is available with most Microsoft Windows Packages. The game consists of one pack of cards, distributed partly in facedown stacks with the top card turned over & the remainder in a pile, which you can browse through as the game progresses. The ... Read review
Advantages: Involves brain power & good boredom cure Disadvantages: Can be too time-consuming
...game of Solitaire now’ & there you go. So yes, it is enjoyable but not exactly a wow game.
Please comment & let me know if I missed any details or this does not make sense anywhere as it is tricky to explain! Thanks. ... more
About the Game
Here is a classic game that has been around for years & is very well known. Like the more recent game, Spider Solitaire, it is available with most Microsoft Windows Packages. The game consists of one pack of cards, distributed partly in facedown stacks with the top card turned over & the remainder in a pile, which you can browse through as the game progresses. The aim is simply to sort all the cards into their suits in 4 piles (which are in the top right-hand corner of the window) from Ace up to King.
There are actually different forms that the game can take. It can be timed & it is also possible to keep a score during the game. The player can choose to browse through the cards one at a time, or in "draw three" mode, which is harder because you can only access the top card of every three. There is also a 'Vegas' mode, where players play for money (albeit not real money thank goodness!), but I will explain more about this later.
How to Play – Standard Game
To start a new game, click ‘Game’-‘Deal’.
If it is being used, the timer starts when the first move is made. First look at the top cards of the stack. A card can be moved onto a card of the next high value of the opposite colour. So a red 5 may be placed on a black 6, & so on. The King is the highest value. When a card is moved, the card underneath may be turned over, & this will score you 5 points for each card turned over. Once a stacked is cleared completely, leaving a blank space, a King may be placed there, but no other card.
Cards can be placed onto the suit pile beginning with the lowest value – Ace – then progressing in ascending order up to King. 10 points is scored each time a card is placed on the suit pile. The Aces & 2s should go straight onto the suit piles, but as the game goes on, remember you may still need some cards to hold cards of lower value.
If no more moves can be made with the stacks (or at any time, if you like) you can click on the other pile of cards to reveal the top card. You can drag this down & place it on another card in the same manner as the stack cards, i.e. on a card of the next value & opposite colour. If it is the next card in the suit pile you can also put it straight there. Click the pile to reveal the next card, & so on. You do not have to move a card from the pile, but when you reach the end of the pile & want to start again, you will forfeit 100 points (or all your points if your score is still below 100). This does not happen in “draw three” mode as it would probably be impossible to get a decent score – I think most “draw three” games are also impossible to win!
The game continues until all the cards are placed in the suit piles (or you give up!) & the score will then be totalled, with a bonus depending on how long you took. Your scores can be recorded to look at & compare later.
Vegas Solitaire
Go to ‘Game’-‘Options’ to change the type of game you are playing. Change the selected ‘Standard’ to select ‘Vegas’. You can also choose to have a cumulative score, where the money you win or lose in each game is transferred into the next game. Remember, as the score goes further down, it becomes harder & harder to pick it back up, & games can drag on for ages, so set yourself a limit if you are using this function!
You start with -$52, which means you pay a dollar for each card. You then earn $5 for each card you place on the suit pile, but nothing for turning cards over. Each game gives you only one chance to go through the top pile of cards, so once you reach the end & run out of moves, you have to deal again. With cumulative scoring this will mean you pay out another $52 from whatever you have, so if you scored nothing, you would then be $104 in debt, & so on. Your main aim will be to try to get a positive sum of money, & then to see how much you can win. This game is a lot like real gambling in that it can really hook you in. I once got myself over $1000 dollars in debt, which taught me that gambling is really not my thing & I am very glad this was not real money!
Sum-up & My Opinion
So basically this is a game mostly of strategy & skill that can only be played by one person. It is great for filling up spare time or keeping yourself busy at work (hehe) but as you can find yourself playing one game after another, remember to stop & look at the time every now & then. Being a solo card game, you obviously cannot expect the same amount of fun as you would if you were playing opponents, where you can win & lose or fight over the rules. Despite this, it is still very popular & often we play it purely out of habit or boredom. I find that I do not play this game as often as other PC card games, but when I do, I end up spending hours on it. Sometimes I just think ‘I fancy a game of Solitaire now’ & there you go. So yes, it is enjoyable but not exactly a wow game.
Please comment & let me know if I missed any details or this does not make sense anywhere as it is tricky to explain! Thanks.
Advantages: Exercising the brain, easy to follow, gives relaxations after days heavy work. Disadvantages: Hard to complete the game and may make you play few more times.
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The object of Solitaire is to use all the cards in the deck to build up the four suit stacks in ascending order, beginning with the aces. It is a patience game and is played by most of the computer user. It is a brain teaser too and so it gained its popularity among the computer users. The best time to play is when you are tired and feel to relax without leaving your office table. Just click on to the start menue and guide yourself to the ... ...Windows Explorer pack of the operating system and so every computer that contains a Windows OS will have the game.
As we know that each pack of cards consists of 52 cards and these 52 cards are of four sets, viz; Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs. We have to play the game of solitire with these 52 cards by exercising our brain. Those who are new to the cards will find the game boring as there is nothing much interesting like the jumping fighters ...
asomormridul 07.07.2008
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Advantages: you forget all and de stress with this Disadvantages: can get a hold on you
...The object of Spider Solitaire is to remove all the cards from the ten stacks at the top of the window in the least number of moves.
To remove cards from the stacks you have to move one card from one to the other column until you have a complete suite lined up from king to ace. When this happens those cards disappear to the bottom of the window.
You start of this game with two decks of cards. When you get smarter at it you can go up to 4 decks. ... ...They are dealt with the cards facing down with the top card facing up.
To move a card drag it from one stack to another. It must be put on a higher card but it doesnt matter which colour. You can move more than one as long as they are all of the same colour. You can also move any to an empty column.
When you have done as much as you can you click on deal or the cards in the bottom right hand corner and another 10 cards, one in each column will ...
MAllen400 29.12.2008
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Advantages: Very playable and addictive Disadvantages: It had me baffled for years
This is a great game. It has been around for years. As a child, I had a plastic version. As an adult, I know have a hand made wooden version.
This game is a real brain teaser, yet it is very simple to play and understand. It is a one player game, for children aged 6 up to adult.
I am not going to describe the packaging, as it always varies slightly, but what I can tell you is, it comes in a square, thin box. About the size of a 8 to 10 inch pizza.
... ...on it, 33 little pockets, evenly spaced in a cross formation, cut out of it.
*33 balls/marbles. These are placed into the pockets, on the base.
Around the outer rim of the base board, there is a groove. This is where the balls sit, once they have been removed.
**********************SETTING UP*********************
*Place all the balls into the pockets.
*Remove the middle ball.
***********************OBJECTIVE*********************
The objective ...
purebitch 27.03.2002
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Advantages: keeps the children quiet for a few inutes Disadvantages: Too hard to solve when you do not know the solution and too easy when you do.
...you.
The rules of solitaire are simple. You have 32 marbles arranged on a board in a cross shape. In the middle of the board is a space. Marbles are moved around the board by jumping them over other adjacent marbles. Each marble that is jumped over is then removed. The aim of the game is to end with one marble on the board.
This is a game for one person as its name suggests and when you have found the solution, as long as you remember it, you need ... ...young I was given a solitaire board and at the time I enjoyed playing the game. The problem was the board came with the solution, which is always a bad idea as I looked at the solution, memorised it and was from then on able to solve the puzzle. Years later the solitaire board made reappearance. I no longer remembered the solution so I can not solve it, I do not have the time or the inclination to try to solve the puzzle so I have left the board ...
mjbarkley 25.09.2001
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Advantages: Good fun for a while Disadvantages: Can get boring
Well solitaire is a worldwide known game that has been going for many years. This is on all Microsoft computers, free of charge of course. To get the game up simply press the start button then click on games, which open a window, that has all the games free of charge on your computer. Then just click on solitaire and the game opens up. I am sure you don’t want to hear about all the history of the game so I will go straight on with how to play. The ... ...1 pack of cards face down in the top left corner, then you have four blank boxes which is where you aim to end up having the whole deck of cards, I will explain that later. The cards are dealt out giving you seven rows of cards. Going from left to right you have 1 card dealt, which is face up. Then you have 1 card dealt face down, and one face up. Then you have 2 faced down and one face up, as you can see a pattern forms here, and on the last row ...
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Advantages: Easy to play Disadvantages: Far too addictive
I am a total solitaire addict. This has been the case for a few weeks now. Every time I get on the computer my hand automatically selects the game and flicks it on. And I can't get off until I win.
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Advantages: It passes the time, it's a good version of a classic game Disadvantages: It lacks a high score table, varied decks, and is a bit boring really!
You know the scene – you're sitting there waiting for some long computer operation to finish, or you've got a lunch break at work. But if you're stuck in a big office building, what can you do? You can hardly bugger off or you'll get fired!
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Start>Programs>Accessories>Games>Solitaire is where you'll find this little game. Just like Minesweeper, everyones got this one! It even came with Windows 3.1, so even the most granddad of PC's can play this one.
Okey dokey then. It's a card game. You don't even need to play it on the PC, you can do it just as well with a pack of cards on your table at home. But the PC version is better, for the following reasons.....
* You don't need to shuffle or deal the cards, the PC does it for you.
* You can't get mad when you find your deck of cards is missing a card.
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