solitaire

Also known as patience card game, solitaire card game, patience

thumb|300px|The layout of the game known as Crazy Quilt (solitaire)|Crazy Quilt Solitaire, patience, or card solitaire refer to 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 intended for play by a single player, but there are varieties for two or more players.

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It is catalogued under topics including 18th-century card games, 18th-century fads and trends and Double-deck patience card games.

Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.

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Subclass of: card game
Image: Erich Salomon William Randolph Hearst Patience.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Patience games
Commons category: Solitaire
Commons gallery: Patience (game)
different from: peg solitaire
described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
native label: Patience

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Genre names
Individual game names
History
Overview
Card size and format
Types
Closed games
Open games
Half-open games
Competitive solitaires
Computer games
See also
Footnotes
References
Bibliography
External links

== Genre names == 'Patience' is the earliest recorded name for this type of card game in both British and American sources. The word derives from the games being seen as an exercise in patience.

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