So, let’s say you never played any of these card games and have no clue what they’re about.

Some can be played only with all 52 cards of the standard French-suited playing cards, while others offer easier modes too with only 1 or 2 suits to get through. These are Klondike (the standard Solitaire), Spider, FreeCell, Tri-Peaks and Pyramid. This game contains 5 of the most popular variants, most of which you most likely know, again, from Microsoft’s operating systems if not else. Much thanks to that infamous Windows game, most people think of the Klondike card game when thinking of Solitaire, but the term actually refers to a vast variety of card games that can be, as the name implies, solo. Is it a worthwhile timewaster? Let’s find out. The latest of which is World of Solitaire (not to be confused with the web-based game of the same name) just hitting our Xboxes a couple days ago. Times may have changed, but there is still a craving for some of these timeless card games that can be played solo, with various videogames still reproducing them in digital form. Solitaire, FreeCell, Spider and so on… for decades, some of the favourite timewasters of office workers all around the world, as they came pre-installed on Windows PCs.

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