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Since this is an old and classic game, several common variations exist, including
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Patience requires the foundations to be built up by suit rather than alternate colours.
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This article is about the patience or solitaire. For the royal title, see
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Musical (Betsy Ross, Fairest, Four Kings, Plus Belle, Quadruple
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191:10 More Popular Builder Solitaire Card Games
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210:by Peter Arnold, Hamlyn Publishing, 2010.
330:Quadrille (La Française; Captive Queens)
171:Glossary of patience and solitaire terms
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517:Napoleon at St Helena (Forty Thieves)
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100:The player builds the foundations in
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1193:Double Klondike (Double Solitaire)
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361:Duchess of Luynes (Grand Duchess)
89:it left with a new card from the
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629:Baroness (Five Piles, Thirteens)
166:List of patiences and solitaires
147:after dealing the entire stock.
1244:Double-deck patience card games
208:The Complete Book of Card Games
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41:game played with two packs of
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1203:Nerts (Pounce, Racing Demon)
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679:Perpetual Motion (Narcotic)
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39:patience or card solitaire
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1208:Russian Bank (Crapette)
1067:Flower Garden (Bouquet)
366:Queen's/King's Audience
310:Cotillion (Contradance)
69:. These cards form the
25:List of Italian queens
255:Patience or Solitaire
206:"Terrace" (p.247) in
447:British Constitution
189:"Queen of Italy" in
1198:Kings in the Corner
1188:Australian Patience
1082:Grandfather's Clock
612:Closed non-builders
102:alternating colours
16:Solitaire card game
1158:Gay Gordons (Exit)
1087:House in the Woods
1047:Beleaguered Castle
827:Puss in the Corner
812:Imaginary Thirteen
57:First, the player
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1148:Fourteen Out
1042:Baker's Game
1030:Open packers
964:Simple Simon
888:Intelligence
878:Four Corners
735:Royal Parade
659:Herz zu Herz
603:Seven Devils
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507:Herring-Bone
497:Four Seasons
386:Odd and Even
271:Closed games
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1092:King Albert
1057:Capricieuse
1021:Stalactites
787:Calculation
730:Interregnum
684:Royal Flush
664:Hit or Miss
649:Frustration
639:Eight Cards
578:Crazy Quilt
376:Monte Carlo
315:Leoni's Own
257:by type - (
117:, only the
79:foundations
65:cards in a
63:overlapping
1238:Categories
1001:Black Hole
982:Open games
918:St. Helena
740:Tournament
391:Patriarchs
351:Eagle Wing
325:Precedence
177:References
151:Variations
83:foundation
1132:Shamrocks
1062:Eight Off
1016:Salic Law
923:Stonewall
837:Sir Tommy
771:Labyrinth
754:Blockades
619:Accordion
532:Westcliff
502:Gargantua
487:Following
467:Deauville
416:Tri Peaks
371:Matrimony
300:The Clock
134:wastepile
123:available
1107:Päckchen
1102:Mrs. Mop
1077:FreeCell
1072:Fortress
1011:Intrigue
1006:Crescent
959:Scorpion
908:Pyramide
868:Box Kite
863:Blockade
858:Algerian
792:Colorado
780:Planners
723:Builders
593:The Plot
568:Canfield
563:Backbone
553:Alhambra
512:Klondike
477:Diplomat
457:Congress
437:Batsford
421:Windmill
295:Birthday
263:glossary
160:See also
119:top card
106:wrapping
1117:Persian
1112:Penguin
996:Archway
942:Spiders
873:Bristol
846:Packers
817:Jubilee
797:Colours
761:Babette
644:Elevens
624:Aces Up
583:Duchess
482:Emperor
442:Big Ben
396:Pyramid
285:Amazons
145:blocked
95:tableau
75:terrace
71:reserve
61:eleven
37:) is a
35:Terrace
1168:Nestor
1052:Bisley
969:Spider
933:Zodiac
893:Martha
634:Decade
573:Casket
472:Deuces
462:Corona
381:Moojub
346:Carpet
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138:redeal
115:column
1213:Speed
928:Yukon
853:Agnes
305:Clock
111:stock
91:stock
59:deals
53:Rules
47:block
1223:Spit
1163:Maze
807:Frog
588:Gate
548:Acme
356:Golf
259:list
212:ISBN
127:play
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