Solitaire!
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If you carry a pack of cards with you, you’ll never suffer boredom if you get stuck for something to do while waiting in the airport for a late connection, or waiting for your date to finish primping, or...well, you get the idea. Play these fifteen new solitaire games―plus the classic Klondike―and kill time enjoyably.
James Babcock
Following three years in the Navy and forty years in international and domestic banking, Babcock took up a second career as a writer and composer. His plots draw on his travels abroad and experiences in foreign exchange trading, bank operations, lending, trust services, auditing, and bank management. Active in community work, he served as a university rector, symphony president, and chairman of economic development organizations. He holds degrees from Princeton and the Wharton School. In addition to his novels and short stories, his creative work includes books of humor and games and a number of pieces for violin and piano. He resides with his family in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Solitaire! - James Babcock
SOLITAIRE!
Sensational Psychic Satisfaction
Fifteen New One-person Card Games
And classic Klondike
James Babcock
Copyright 2012 James F. Babcock
All rights reserved
Smashwords Edition
Table of Contents
Introduction
Leapfrog
Flip
Limited War
Total War
Baseball
Football
Blackjack or Twenty-One
Royal Ace or Thirty-One
Manhattan Clam Chowder
New England Clam Chowder
Hearts Partners
Hearts Solo
Lazy Hearts
Bridge Solitaire
Lazy Bridge
Klondike
About the Author
More Books by James Babcock
Introduction
If you carry a pack of cards with you, you’ll never suffer boredom if you get stuck for something to do while waiting in the airport for a late connection, or waiting for your date to finish primping, or waiting for the morning paper to be delivered, or…well, you get the idea. With a pack of cards, you can play dozens of different solitaire games—of which those in this little book are just a few—and kill time enjoyably.
All these games, except for the venerable Klondike―which is the classic solitaire game the world over―were invented by me one rainy vacation when I was stuck waiting for the sun to come out so the family could go to the beach. Maybe you can invent your own games, too. I’ve included Klondike, in case you don’t already know it, to make sure it’s in your repertoire.
Some of the games, like Baseball and Football, are aimed for kids. Others, like the takeoffs on Bridge and Hearts, are for adults who know the four-person versions of those games. Some, like Flip, are for anyone who just wants to kill time by manipulating patterns.
All of the games are played with one standard deck of 52 cards. I’ve tried to make the instructions clear and not too complicated. But be sure to