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with a four-figure number that acts as a target. This number could be, for example, a year of birth, but it must not contain a zero. Now four
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Travellers (Four of a Kind, Hidden Cards, Hide & Seek, Spoilt, Wandering Card)
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Musical (Betsy Ross, Fairest, Four Kings, Plus Belle, Quadruple
Alliance)
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Before shuffling, four cards are removed from the pack to form four
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288:"Der Geburtstag". In: Irmgard Wolter-Rosendorf:
264:”Der Geburtstag”. In: Irmgard Wolter-Rosendorf:
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410:Quadrille (La Française; Captive Queens)
93:Like most patience games, Birthday is a
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597:Napoleon at St Helena (Forty Thieves)
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292:Falken-Verlag, 1994; pp. 47–49.
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1273:Double Klondike (Double Solitaire)
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441:Duchess of Luynes (Grand Duchess)
97:for one person. It uses a single
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268:Falken-Verlag, 1994; pp. 47–49.
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759:Perpetual Motion (Narcotic)
491:Sultan (Emperor of Germany)
290:Patiencen in Wort und Bild.
266:Patiencen in Wort und Bild.
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54:Glossary of patience terms
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81:, which is played with a
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678:Queen of Italy (Terrace)
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1288:Russian Bank (Crapette)
1147:Flower Garden (Bouquet)
446:Queen's/King's Audience
390:Cotillion (Contradance)
109:and subsequent stages
77:) is a simple, German
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335:Patience or Solitaire
242:Glossary of solitaire
527:British Constitution
1278:Kings in the Corner
1268:Australian Patience
1162:Grandfather's Clock
692:Closed non-builders
18:
1238:Gay Gordons (Exit)
1167:House in the Woods
1127:Beleaguered Castle
907:Puss in the Corner
892:Imaginary Thirteen
237:List of solitaires
101:pack of 52 cards.
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1329:German card games
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1261:Competitive games
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1221:Open non-builders
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993:Russian Solitaire
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602:Napoleon's Square
419:Reserved builders
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1298:Spite and Malice
1202:Russian Patience
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912:Rosamund's Bower
882:Cribbage Squares
846:British Blockade
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486:Royal Rendezvous
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1228:Fourteen Out
1122:Baker's Game
1110:Open packers
1044:Simple Simon
968:Intelligence
958:Four Corners
815:Royal Parade
739:Herz zu Herz
683:Seven Devils
587:Herring-Bone
577:Four Seasons
466:Odd and Even
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351:Closed games
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1172:King Albert
1137:Capricieuse
1101:Stalactites
867:Calculation
810:Interregnum
764:Royal Flush
744:Hit or Miss
729:Frustration
719:Eight Cards
658:Crazy Quilt
456:Monte Carlo
395:Leoni's Own
337:by type - (
209:foundations
83:French pack
46:French pack
1318:Categories
1081:Black Hole
1062:Open games
998:St. Helena
820:Tournament
471:Patriarchs
431:Eagle Wing
405:Precedence
283:Literature
248:References
217:card suits
1212:Shamrocks
1142:Eight Off
1096:Salic Law
1003:Stonewall
917:Sir Tommy
851:Labyrinth
834:Blockades
699:Accordion
612:Westcliff
582:Gargantua
567:Following
547:Deauville
496:Tri Peaks
451:Matrimony
380:The Clock
213:pip cards
95:card game
67:‹See Tfd›
52:See also
1187:Päckchen
1182:Mrs. Mop
1157:FreeCell
1152:Fortress
1091:Intrigue
1086:Crescent
1039:Scorpion
988:Pyramide
948:Box Kite
943:Blockade
938:Algerian
872:Colorado
860:Planners
803:Builders
673:The Plot
648:Canfield
643:Backbone
633:Alhambra
592:Klondike
557:Diplomat
537:Congress
517:Batsford
501:Windmill
375:Birthday
343:glossary
231:See also
62:Birthday
24:patience
17:Birthday
1197:Persian
1192:Penguin
1076:Archway
1022:Spiders
953:Bristol
926:Packers
897:Jubilee
877:Colours
841:Babette
724:Elevens
704:Aces Up
663:Duchess
562:Emperor
522:Big Ben
476:Pyramid
365:Amazons
35:Germany
1248:Nestor
1132:Bisley
1049:Spider
1013:Zodiac
973:Martha
714:Decade
653:Casket
552:Deuces
542:Corona
461:Moojub
426:Carpet
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272:
71:German
31:Origin
1293:Speed
1008:Yukon
933:Agnes
385:Clock
225:talon
99:Rommé
89:Rules
1303:Spit
1243:Maze
887:Frog
668:Gate
628:Acme
436:Golf
339:list
294:ISBN
270:ISBN
41:Deck
26:game
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