Sir Tommy

Sir Tommy is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. It is said to be the earliest card-building game, and belongs to the same family of card-building games as Calculation and Strategy. It is also known as Try Again, Old Patience and Numerica.

Cards are dealt one at a time. When an ace turns up, it forms a foundation which builds up to King regardless of suit. Four such foundations should be built. A card that cannot yet be placed on the foundation is placed onto one of four wastepiles; once placed, it cannot be moved, but the top card of each wastepile remains available to be placed on a foundation.^[1]

The game is won if all cards are emptied from the wastepiles and built on the foundations. Strategically, to achieve a win, skilled players reserve one wastepile for Kings and for other high cards.

References

↑ David Parlett (1980): The Penguin Book of Patience. ISBN 0-14046-346-1

Patience or Solitaire (US) - (list)

Adding and pairing	Baroness Fourteen Out Gay Gordons Golf Monte Carlo Nestor Pyramid

Bisley	Baker's Dozen Capricieuse Martha Perseverance

Castle	Beleaguered Castle Congress Fortress Seahaven Towers

Canfield	American Toad Duchess Eagle Wing

Fan	Alternation Bristol Flower Garden House in the Woods Intelligence La Belle Lucie The Plot Shamrocks

Forty Thieves	Deuces Diplomat Emperor Miss Milligan Napoleon's Square

FreeCell	Baker's Game Eight Off Penguin Stalactites

Klondike	Agnes Batsford Gargantua King Albert Seven Devils Westcliff Yukon

Non-builder	Accordion Clock Gaps Maze Perpetual Motion Poker Squares Royal Marriage

Pocket	Decade One-Handed

Spider	Auld Lang Syne Blockade Curds and Whey Labyrinth Mrs. Mop Scorpion Simple Simon

Other	Aces and Kings Algerian Black Hole Carpet King's Audience The Clock Glossary Grandfather's Clock

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