Opinion : Solitaire Card Games

other than the basics of

  • Klondike
  • FreeCell
  • Spider

What are you favorite Solitaire games to play [just card games please]

Scorpion

It isn’t really a solitaire game though I used it as such.

Decades ago in one of those bar video games I found a game called Royal Flush but I’m sure it’s been called many things over the years. It’s essentially a 5 by 5 grid and you attempt to make the best poker hand in all 10 directions. You get 2 discards and you can replace 1 already placed It’s timed, IIRC, to 2 minutes, and the left over time is bonus points (forget the points per second left over). The harder the poker hand the higher the points.

I created a C++ version of it one point and then was very close with a Xojo version years later. I think in the Xojo version I added the diagnal directions too, IIRC. I keep thinking I’ll do a Wails/Go version of it when I get bored some day. :slight_smile:

Every now and then I search for something like it, but I can’t find it. I’d gladly buy it if I could find it. Easy way to burn some time in a mindless way.

If someone knows of something like it, let me know!

Is this it?

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Not exactly the same (I don’t see discard, replace or time for bonus points) but you can play.

Now to find a Mac version. But thanks for a name!

I might add that to my collection once I get the current list of games all working

If you have an AppleTV, there is a Poker Solitaire in that AppStore that looks similar, but it is $2.99 :frowning:

I do have an AppleTV but I’ll hold off. I played a few rounds yesterday in an iOS version and I had the exact same revulsion I had the last time I worked on the game. I played it so many times for testing that it sucked all the joy out of it.

My app will have Four(4) variations of Scorpion , Three(3) of Spider and Spiderette, Four(4) versions of FreeCell , and Two(2) of Klondike, as well as at least 50 other types.

… and after

I’m almost positive yours will be released for free … :grin: