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View Poll Results: How many times a day do you beat Solitaire?
0 5 35.71%
1-5 6 42.86%
6-10 1 7.14%
More than 10 2 14.29%
"Every time" 0 0%
Never have 0 0%
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Old 05-21-2011, 11:55 PM   #16
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I beat solitaire like a red-headed stepchild.



Sometimes.
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Old 05-22-2011, 10:24 AM   #17
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I usually just play until I win and then maybe a few more times after that until I win again and then I might finally give up, unless I want to win just one more time.
This is pretty much how I do it. I will add that, later that day, even knowing that I've already won several times, it is possible that I might allow myself to play just a little more. When, to my surprise, I win again, I am often stumped as to what to do next. Sometimes I play again just to ease the shock.
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Old 05-22-2011, 11:35 AM   #18
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Wolf, do you play with actual cards, or on the computer? Before computer, I used to play a lot of Canfield and Scorpion.
Android phone, free app called 250+ Solitaire Games.

I love Scorpion, never tried to play it with real cards, moving the piles seems like such a hassle when you have to tidy them up every time you move them, but it's MADE for computer play.

I am also a big Canfield fan.

I worked my way through the Solitaire section of Hoyle's Rules of Card Games when I was a kid stuck in bed with pneumonia.

I haven't found addiction solitaire or accordion yet, but I'im sure they're in there somewhere ... I mean 250+ different solitaires, they have to be in the batch, right?
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Old 05-23-2011, 06:06 PM   #19
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Isn't addiction also called Montana? Or am I thinking of a different one?
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Old 05-25-2011, 02:39 PM   #20
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I started wondering if I could improve my FreeCell win percentage, because basically when I play, a lot of times I dont give it my full attention, and I usually play really fast.

Well so far so good....
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Old 05-25-2011, 08:54 PM   #21
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i just don't play it. am I a freak?
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Old 05-25-2011, 08:55 PM   #22
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Isn't addiction also called Montana? Or am I thinking of a different one?
Montana is on my phone, seems very similar, except that it's played 6 to K instead of with a full deck. I have a strong preference for playing with a full deck ...

The stripped deck version does make wins more likely, and it seems to have unlimited redeals, which I kind of remember having a four redeal limit.

Now I just have to find Accordion.

And that one where you want to have only the Aces left that I can never remember the name of ... might be Aces Up. (not on the phone under that name. But Agnes Bernauer is pretty cool).
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Old 05-26-2011, 02:20 PM   #23
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i just don't play it. am I a freak?
Of course you are. But not cuz o' solitaire.

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Old 05-26-2011, 07:02 PM   #24
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Montana is on my phone, seems very similar, except that it's played 6 to K instead of with a full deck. I have a strong preference for playing with a full deck ...

The stripped deck version does make wins more likely, and it seems to have unlimited redeals, which I kind of remember having a four redeal limit.

Now I just have to find Accordion.

And that one where you want to have only the Aces left that I can never remember the name of ... might be Aces Up. (not on the phone under that name. But Agnes Bernauer is pretty cool).
I see. The Montana on my phone is full deck with only 4 redeals. I played that game for a while until it just pissed me off, so I switched to a different version.
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Old 05-27-2011, 10:57 AM   #25
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6 to King is more winnable.

There is also a "Big Montana" in my list, which is a double deck version.

And something called Big Black Carpet which uses only the black cards.
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Old 06-04-2012, 05:50 PM   #26
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Beat Solitaire, beat Solitaire again--before the cards clear from the first time (seen below on dual monitors).
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Old 06-06-2012, 01:38 PM   #27
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I play Eight Off on my phone, but not very often anymore. I'm a crosswords sort of gal.
That and Doom.
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Old 06-07-2012, 12:59 PM   #28
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By "Doom" do you mean the ID software game? I love that game. A lot. Played it through a couple of times, back when it was new.
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Old 06-07-2012, 01:47 PM   #29
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ID software...didn't they do the Commander Keen series?

I love those old games.

And all the Aveyonds too.
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Old 06-07-2012, 11:07 PM   #30
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By "Doom" do you mean the ID software game? I love that game. A lot. Played it through a couple of times, back when it was new.
Indeed. In fact, I still have my original distribution discs (three 3.5" discs) here. Awesome game.
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