A further collection of Freecell links can be found at. Here is an archive copy of Gordon Bower's Solitaire pages, which have rules of several solitaires, old and new, and investigations of the probability of winning.įor information about Freecell, see Michael Keller's Freecell site, including a tutorial, a catalog of solutions and free computer program Freecell Pro. Randy Rasa's Solitaire Central site contains a wide range of information, including a searchable Solitaire Rulebook with descriptions of numerous games, a searchable collection of reviews of computer solitaire games for download, plus reviews of online solitaire games. Here is a link to an article by David Parlett on the Origins and History of Patience / Solitaire. Competitive Patience games: solitaire-like games for more than one player.Video poker (usually played against a gaming machine which displays cards on a screen).This page deals with solitaire (patience) games played with playing-cards. If you have further links or information that should be included on this page, please let me know.

Some of these sites contain rules or analysis, and many of them provide software, since these solitary games are particularly suitable for play against a computer. The web site is devoted mostly to games for more than one player, but on this page I have provided some links to sites which specialise in one-player games. Card games for one player are called Patience in Britain and Solitaire in America.