Simple Addition or Totals is a family of
patience
(or forbearance) is the ability to endure difficult circumstances. Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in disrespect/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when face ...
or
card solitaire
Patience (Europe), card solitaire or solitaire (US/Canada), is a genre of card games whose common feature is that the aim is to arrange the cards in some systematic order or, in a few cases, to pair them off in order to discard them. Most are int ...
games that share certain aims and procedures.
[Moyse (1950), p. 5.][Parlett (1979), pp. 177–179.]
Composition
Moyse counts the games of
Elevens, Fifteens, Tens and
Thirteens as part of the Simple Addition family.
[ Parlett adds ]Baroness
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knigh ...
, Block Eleven and Block Ten, Decade
A decade () is a period of ten years. Decades may describe any ten-year period, such as those of a person's life, or refer to specific groupings of calendar years.
Usage
Any period of ten years is a "decade". For example, the statement that "d ...
, Haden, Nines, Seven Up or Seventh Wonder, Pyramid or Pile of Twenty-Eight, Fourteens and Eighteens or Ferris Wheel, Grand Round or Wheel.[
Simple Addition sometimes also refers specifically to the game of Thirteens.][Dick (1898), p. 19.]
References
Bibliography
* Dick, Harris B. (1898). ''Dick's games of patience; or, Solitaire with cards.'' 2nd Series. 113 pp. 70 games. NY: Dick & Fitzgerald.
* Moyse, Alphonse Jr. (1950). ''150 Ways to Play Solitaire''. USPCC. 128 pp.
* Parlett, David (1979). ''The Penguin Book of Patience'', London: Penguin.
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Single-deck patience card games