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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Solitaire Mahjong tile games, Solitaire card games, Glossary of solitaire, Peg solitaire, List of solitaire card games, Nertz, Spite and Malice, Patience sorting, Mahjong solitaire, Imaginary Thirteen, Les Quatre Coins, Matrimony, St. Helena, Big Ben, Betsy Ross, Windmill, Cribbage Solitaire, Dutch Blitz, Virginia Reel, Royal Cotillion, Jubilee, Royal Flush, Calculation, Tournament, Tri Peaks, Zodiac, Rouge et Noir, Royal Rendezvous, Pretty Good Solitaire, Cribbage Square Solitaire, Leoni's Own, Grand Duchess, Babette, Double or Quits, Octave, British Square, Sly Fox, German Patience, Osmosis, Precedence, Four Seasons, Crazy Quilt, British Constitution, Twenty-Five, Queen of Italy, Parallels, Crescent, Frog, Following, Moojub, Patriarchs, Captive Queens, Grandfather, Grandfather's Clock, The Herring-Bone, Gate, Intrigue, Interregnum, Sultan, Mount Olympus, Jokers in Solitaire, Colorado, The Clock, Little Spider, Shisen-Sho, Salic Law, Puss in the Corner, Red and Black, Archway, Tower of Hanoy, Pharaoh s Grave, Tree Solitaire, Amazons, Odd and Even, Elevens, La Croix d'Honneur, Heads And Tails, Ladybug, Hit or Miss, Cruel, Big Harp, Alhambra, Stonewall, Persian Patience, Pas de Deux, Ninety-One, Fortune's Favor, Contradance, Colours, Russian Bank, Tabby Cat, Seven Up, Sir Tommy, Strategy, Six By Six, Tableau. Excerpt: Peg solitaire is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes. Some sets use marbles in a board with indentations. The game is known simply as Solitaire in the United Kingdom where the card games are called Patience. It is also referred to as Brainvita (especially in India). According to a popular story, the game was invented by a French aristocrat in the 17th century, when incarcerated in the Bastille, explaining the game's less common name Solo Noble. John Beasley (auth...
