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Limited (solitaire)
Napoleon at St Helena is a 2-deck patience or solitaire card game for one player. It is quite difficult to win, and luck-of-the-draw is a significant factor. The Emperor Napoleon often played patience during his final exile to the island of St Helena, and this is said to be the version he probably played. Along with its variants, it is one of the most popular two-deck patiences or solitaires. The winning chances have been estimated as 1 in 10 games,Morehead (2001), p.203. with success typically dependent on the player's ability to clear one or more columns.Galt (1999), p. 83. The game is the progenitor of a large family of similar games, mostly with variations designed to make it easier to get out. Alternative names include Le Cadran ("The Dial") and, in the US, Forty Thieves, Big Forty and Roosevelt at San Juan. History "Napoleon at St. Helena" is recorded as early as 1870 by Annie Henshaw who describes it as a "most excellent game which has the added charm of having been a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty Thieves (solitaire) Layout
Forty Thieves or 40 Thieves may refer to: * the story of Ali Baba, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Groups of people * the Forty Thieves (New York gang), an 18th-century New York street gang *The Tammany Hall#Political gangs and the Forty Thieves, Forty Thieves (New York City Common Council 1852–1853) * the Forty Elephants, an all-female London criminal gang * The nickname for the participants in the Cairo Conference (1921), 1921 Cairo Conference. * 40 Thieves, men's lacrosse club based out of San Diego, California Games * Forty Thieves (card game) Ships * The Vengeur-class ship of the line, ''Vengeur''-class ships of the line, whose notoriously poor construction caused them to become known as the "forty thieves." Theatre, film and television * ''The Forty Thieves'', an 1878 British pantomime version of the Ali Baba story. * ''The Forty Thieves (1869 play), The Forty Thieves'', an 1869 burlesque performed on Broadway * Forty Thieves (film), ''Forty Thieves'', a 1944 Hopalong Cass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor (solitaire)
Emperor is an English patience or solitaire card game which is played using two packs of playing cards. Although similar to other members of the large Napoleon at St Helena family, Emperor introduced the unique and distinguishing feature of worrying back as well as the novel term "sealed packet". Emperor is not to be confused with another patience sometimes called the Emperor of Germany. History Rules for Emperor Patience appear in the 1890 edition of Mary Whitmore Jones' series of ''Games of Patience'',Whitmore Jones (1890), pp. 72–74. the game featuring a new procedure known as 'worrying back' as well as the novel term "sealed packet". However these early rules were vague on the use of the rubbish heap and whether sequences could be moved between tableau piles. These issues are clarified in Tarbart's account of Emperor in 1901: only single cards, not sequences, could be moved, and the top card of the rubbish heap was available for play."Tarbart" (1901), PP. 93–95. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead, Albert H
Albert Hodges Morehead, Jr. (August 7, 1909 – October 5, 1966) was a writer for ''The New York Times'', a bridge player, a lexicographer, and an author and editor of reference works. Early years Morehead was born in Flintstone, Taylor County, Georgia on August 7, 1909, to Albert Hodges Morehead I (1854–1922) and Bianca Noa (1874–1945). Albert senior was a choral conductor. Bianca's brother was Loveman Noa, the Naval hero. Albert's siblings were: Kerenhappuch Turner Morehead (1905–1907) who died as an infant; and James Turner Morehead (1906–1988). His parents lived in Lexington, Kentucky, but were spending their summer in Georgia at the time of his birth. The family moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, after the death of Albert's father in 1922 in Baylor County, Texas. He attended the Baylor School and later Harvard University. In 1939, Albert Morehead married Loy Claudon (1910–1970) of Illinois, and the couple had two children: Philip David Morehead (b. 1942) and Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Patience And Solitaire Terms
Games of patience, or (card) solitaires as they are usually called in North America, have their own 'language' of specialised terms such as "building down", "packing", "foundations", "talon" and "tableau". Once learnt they are helpful in describing, succinctly and accurately, how the games are played. Patience games are usually for a single player, although a small number have been designed for two and, in rare cases, three or even four players. They are games of skill or chance or a combination of the two. There are three classes of patience grouped by object. The most frequent object is to arrange the cards either in ascending sequence (e.g. from Ace to King) or descending sequence. Occasionally both forms of sequence are aimed at in the same game. The card forming the starting point of the required sequence is known as the foundation card and the sequence or family is said to be 'built up' on such card. In some cases foundation cards are picked out and placed in position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Patience And Solitaire Games
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. To avoid duplicate pages being created, alternative titles and the names of variants are listed separately (except titles that include little more than the name of the parent game). Games of the patience genre played by more than one player are marked with a plus (+) sign. A * Accordion * Aces and Kings * Aces Square * Aces Up * Acme * Addiction * Agnes * Alaska * Algerian * Alhambra * Amazons * American Toad * Apophis * Appreciate * Acquaintance * Archway * Auld Lang Syne * Australian Patience B * Babette * Backbone * Baker's Dozen * Baker's Game * Baroness * Batsford * Beetle * Beleaguered Castle * Belvedere * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (solitaire)
Blockade is a patience or solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. As in most solitaire games, the object of the game is to play the cards into the eight foundations."Blockade" (p.87) in ''The Little Book of Solitaire'', Running Press, 2002. The play is reminiscent of the popular solitaire game, Forty Thieves, but with 12 piles instead of 10. Rules The game starts with twelve piles, each containing a card (the rest form the stock). Cards are built down by suit (''e.g.,'' 7-6-5-4) and cards or groups of cards can be moved from one pile to another or to the foundations. The foundations are built up also by suit, starting from the ace. An empty pile will be filled up immediately by a card from the stock. When all possible moves are done without success, a card is dealt onto each pile, even with those that have sequences. This and the placing of cards on empty piles is done until the stock runs out. After that, any card or group of cards can be placed on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corona (solitaire)
Corona is a relatively long and difficult patience or card solitaire using two decks. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the foundations. Successfully winning the game is considered difficult. Play is much like that in the popular family of games based on Napoleon at St Helena, but with a tableau of 12 piles instead of 10. Corona is nearly identical to the variant of Limited, with the exception of an additional restriction that the deck is used to refill empty piles rather than letting you fill them as desired. Rules Layout Corona has eight foundations that build up in suit from Ace to King, e.g. Ace, 2, 3, 4... There are twelve tableau piles that build down in suit, e.g. 10, 9, 8, 7... File:Corona (solitaire) Layout.jpg, Corona Layout Play Only one card on can be moved at a time, and this is the top card on each tableau pile or the single card being dealt from the stock. These cards can be played onto the foundations or onto other tableau piles. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon's Square
Napoleon's Square is a patience or solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards. First described in a revised edition of ''Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Patience or Solitaire'' in the early 1900s (as Le Carré Napoleon), it is an easy variation of Napoleon at St Helena (aka Forty Thieves). It is not determined if Napoleon actually played this game, or any solitaire game named after him. Rules First, forty-eight cards are dealt into twelve piles of four cards each, forming three sides of a square. The rest of the deck consist the stock. Fourth "side" of the square is left to be occupied by the foundations. The object of this game is to place the Aces as they become available and build each of them up to kings. The top card of each pile is available for play, to be built on the foundations or on another pile. Cards on the tableau are built down in suit and sequences can be moved as a unit. Spaces, whenever they occur, can be filled with any available card or seq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplomat (solitaire)
Diplomat is a Patience_(game), patience or solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing cards shuffled together."Diplomat" (p.52) in ''Little Giant Encyclopedia of Games for One or Two'', The Diagram Group, 1998. Its layout is similar to that of Beleaguered Castle, and the play is similar to Forty Thieves (card game), Forty Thieves. It can be completed successfully more often than not. Rules First, thirty-two cards each are dealt and arranged so that they form two column (solitaire term), columns of four row (solitaire term), rows (eight rows in total) of four cards each just as in Beleaguered Castle, making a point to leave room in between the two columns for the eight aces that form the base (solitaire term), bases of the foundation (solitaire term), foundations. The top cards of each row of cards for play to the foundations on the center of the columns or around the tableau (solitaire term), tableau (the eight rows). The foundations are built up by suit up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congress (solitaire)
Congress is a Patience_(game), patience or solitaire card game using two decks of 52 playing cards each. It is a simple but strategic game which requires skill and careful choosing for it to be completed successfully. It is closely related to Forty Thieves (card game), Forty Thieves but has eight instead of ten columns. It is sometimes called President's Cabinet, and can typically be completed successfully less than once in 20 games. Rules Two column (solitaire term), columns of four cards each are dealt. In between these two columns are columns that serve as foundation (solitaire term), foundations. Once an ace is available, it is placed on one of these foundations and it is built up by suit to Kings. The cards on the two columns to the left and right of the foundations are available (solitaire term), available for play and a card can built onto a foundation or to another card on the tableau (solitaire term), tableau (the two columns). Building on the tableau is down regardless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red And Black (solitaire)
Red and Black is a patience or card solitaire which uses two decks of playing cards. The game is so called because all building is done in alternating colors of red and black. It is not related to another similarly named solitaire game of Rouge et Noir ( French for ''red and black''), although Red and Black can also be known under that name. It is part of the Napoleon at St Helena family of patiences and solitaires. The earliest account is given by "Tarbart" in 1905."Tarbart" (1905), pp. 188–189. The rules presented here are those provided in Lee and Packard's book ''100 Best Solitaire Games'' (2015).Lee & Packard (2015). Rules First, the eight aces are taken out of the stock to act as the foundations. Then eight cards are dealt under the aces to become the bases for the tableau columns. The top cards in the tableau are available for play to the foundations or to the other cards in the tableau. The foundations are built up (each up to Kings) while the cards on the tableau are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reserve (patience Term)
Games of patience, or (card) solitaires as they are usually called in North America, have their own 'language' of specialised terms such as "building down", "packing", "foundations", "talon" and "tableau". Once learnt they are helpful in describing, succinctly and accurately, how the games are played. Patience games are usually for a single player, although a small number have been designed for two and, in rare cases, three or even four players. They are games of skill or chance or a combination of the two. There are three classes of patience grouped by object. The most frequent object is to arrange the cards either in ascending sequence (e.g. from Ace to King) or descending sequence. Occasionally both forms of sequence are aimed at in the same game. The card forming the starting point of the required sequence is known as the foundation card and the sequence or family is said to be 'built up' on such card. In some cases foundation cards are picked out and placed in position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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