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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Monday, August 25, 2008. Two Entire Packs of Cards. Deal out twenty-five cards in five rows, each containing five cards. The object is to compose the number fourteen with any two cards taken either from a perpendicular or from a horizontal row. The knave counts eleven, the queen twelve, and the king thirteen. Thursday, August 21, 2008. Vintage Card Games: The Fifteen.
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Babette
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Sunday, August 17, 2008. Two Entire Packs of Cards. The foundations follow suit. Vacancies in the garden are not to be refilled. Each row of cards in the garden blocks the preceding one, but on the removal of cards in the lower rows those above them are released. The garden may be taken up twice and re-dealt exactly in the same manner and observing the same rules.
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Snip, Snap, Snorum
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Monday, August 11, 2008. Snip, Snap, Snorum. Snip, Snap, Snorum. This is a first-rate game and very exciting. Any number of players may take part in it, and the whole of the fifty-two cards are dealt out. Each player has five counters, and there is a pool in the middle, which is empty at the commencement of the game. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Mill
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Two Entire Packs of Cards. All cards in the wings are available. The five foundations do not follow suit. Note—The four families on the centre ace each begin with ace and end with king. It is better to play cards from the talon rather than from the wings. Vacancies in the wings must be immediately refilled from the pack or talon.
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Vintage Card Games: The Fifteen
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Thursday, August 21, 2008. Vintage Card Games: The Fifteen. Two Entire Packs of Cards. Only cards in the seventh or lowest row are available, until by their removal those above them are released. No card can at any time be used that has any other below it. Note—There is one exception to this rule, in case the game cannot be opened. See below. There is no re-deal.
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La Belle Lucie
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Tuesday, August 12, 2008. The uppermost card of each packet is alone available, until by its removal it releases the one beneath. The foundations must follow suit. Deal out the entire pack in packets of three cards dealt together and placed as in tableau. The last packet, however, will contain but one card. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Snip, Snap, Snorum. Chess...
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Napoleon's Square
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Two Entire Packs of Cards. Only the uppermost cards of the packets in the square are available until, by their removal, the cards underneath are released, but the whole of the square may be examined. All the foundations must follow suit. There is no re-deal. This game may be also played as follows:. Deal out a square of twelve single cards, t...
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Fortress
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Only the outside cards of each group are available, until by their removal the next ones are released, the principle being that no card can be used that has another outside it. Note—By "outside" is meant the cards on the right side of the right-hand group, and those on the left side of the left-hand group. The foundations must follow suit.
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The Clock
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Two Entire Packs of Cards. When the circle is formed, the uppermost cards of each packet are available, and their removal releases as usual those beneath. Marriages can only be made with cards in the circle, and not with those from the pack or talon. The twelve foundations must follow suit. The cards that cannot be so employed are laid aside ...
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Vintage Card Games: The Empress of India
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Adapted from "My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman, 1916" and "Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience", 1914. Thursday, August 14, 2008. Vintage Card Games: The Empress of India. Four Entire Packs of Cards. All cards in the Army and Navy are equally available if played in pairs (i.e., one black and one red), but no card of either color can be played on a foundation unless a card of the other color is played at the same time on another foundation. Note—The red sequences ...
