The story of Solitaire card games

Today, Solitaire has become one of the most popular card games on the world. You can play solitaire on your window pc or play solitaire free online. But not everyone know how Solitaire was born. And that is a long story.

The story of a group of card games known as Solitaire dates back to the mid-18th century. Internationally, the game of solitaire has many names. It is often called "Patience," especially in Britain. In France, the game is sometimes called "Success" (reussite). Other languages, such as Danish, Norwegian and Polish often use the word "Kabal" or "Kabala" (secret knowledge) to describe these games. This goes back to the early origins of solitaire where the outcome of a game may have been though to be a type of fortune telling.

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Solitaire makes it earliest appearance in writing in about 1783 where it is described in a German book of games. It was described as a competitive card game where players would take turns or play with separate decks of cards. The idea of playing solitaire completely by one's self probably came out of people enjoying practicing for competitive games.

It is widely believed, but not true, that Napoleon played solitaire during his exile. Many solitaire games bare his name or the name of the island he was exiled to. However, Napoleon enjoyed the more popular games of the day such as Whist. But by the mid-19th century, solitaire was popular in French society.

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It was also around that time that solitaire took hold in English society. Prince Albert was known to play, and books of rules began appearing in English in the late 19th century.

It wasn't until the second half of the 20th century that most modern forms of patience games began to take shape. Hundreds of books describing hundreds of different solitaire games have been published.

In the 1980s, personal computers made solitaire more popular than ever. Since players don't need to shuffle and deal the cards for each and every hand, game play has become more enjoyable. In addition, the ability to start a new game with only the click of a mouse has brought forward the addictive quality of these games.

Along with the development of personal computers, Solitaire card games have became extremely popular. Millions of people all over the world play solitaire every day, the office workers and housewives love it. Instead of a deck of cards as before, we only need a computer running Windows, or an electronic device with an internet connection , we can play all types of solitaire. So simple and attractive.

• Why do the office worker love solitaire?

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Solitaire Online Features

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More than 40 solitaire online game variations to play.

In addition to PCs and Macs, the solitaire games work on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices.

Game state and card positions remembered when you leave and then return to the game later.

Choose from different decks of cards, including a set made for phones and small screens, and one optimized for older versions of Internet Explorer.

Choose from different solitaire backgrounds like while, green... background.

Unlimited undo moves allowing you to try different ways to win your solitaire online game.

Two methods of scoring to accumulate points over multiple games.

Most games allow you to customize some rules, like the number of cards dealt from the stock and the number of times the stock is re-used.

Cards resize to fit your browser window.

Three ways to move cards: drag and drop, click to select and then again to place, double click to move to next available spot.

Autoplay mode turns over cards and deals from the stock automatically.

Completely free to play! No signup at all without you want to save your score game over.