Solitaire Games Rules
There are a couple of good sources of rules for solitaire games.
First, there is the rules to the games in my Pretty Good Solitaire game. These include all the games I have invented plus classic games.
For rules to over 900 different solitaire games, see the Pretty Good Solitaire help file.Another source is the Solitaire Central Rulebook, which has many games from other sources.
Solitaire Central Rules Site
Below is a selection of rules of some classic games and some of the most popular games that I invented.
Rules to Classic Games
 Klondike The standard 7 pile solitaire game |
 FreeCell The game that can nearly always be won |
 Spider The difficult but addicting game |
 Golf The build up or down game |
 Pyramid Add pairs to 13 |
 Eight Off The FreeCell variation |
 Cruel The popular game |
 Yukon Move groups of cards |
 Scorpion Play the Spider variant |
 Canfield Play the demon game |
 Baker's Dozen Play the 1 deck strategy game |
 Busy Aces Play the simple Forty Thieves variant |
 Sea Towers Also known as SeaHaven Towers |
 Gaps Arrange four rows of cards |
 Forty Thieves Play the classic 2 deck game |
 Double Klondike Play the 2 deck Klondike game |
 Penguin Play the FreeCell/Eight Off variation |
 Spiderette Play the 1 deck Spider variation |
 Aces Up Remove lower ranked cards |
 Beleaguered Castle Play the open strategy game |
 EastHaven Play the classic one deck game |
 Interchange Play the hard 2 deck game |
 La Belle Lucie Play the classic fan type game |
 Rouge et Noir A Spider type game of strategy |
 Auld Lang Syne Play the simple but hard to win game |
 Fourteen Out Add cards to 14 |
 Osmosis Play rank by rank |
 Russian Solitaire Play the Yukon variation |
 Agnes Bernauer Play the Klondike variation |
 Virginia Reel Play rows from 2,3, and 4s |
 Baker's Game Play the FreeCell variation |
 Australian Patience Play the Klondike/Yukon variation |
 Vertical Play the simple matching game |
 Acquaintance Play the Auld Lang Syne variation |
 Three Shuffles and a Draw Play the La Belle Lucie variation |
 Alaska Play the Yukon variation |
 Thirteens Play the easy addition game |
 Black Hole Build on the Black Hole |
 Terrace Also known as Queen of Italy |
 Josephine Play the Forty Thieves variation |
 Rank and File Play the Forty Thieves variation |
 Diavolo Play the Rouge et Noir variation |
 Storehouse Play the Canfield variation |
 Monte Carlo Play the matching game |
 King Albert Play the challenging game |
 Mrs Mop Play the Spider variation |
 Zerline Play the Beleaguered Castle variation |
 Moving Left Play the unique Klondike variation |
Rules to Games invented by Thomas Warfield
 Aces and Kings The challenging 2 deck game |
 Demons and Thieves Play the double tableau game |
 Three's Company Play the Busy Aces variation |
 Triple Klondike Three deck Klondike version |
 Lady Jane Play the Klondike variation |
 Antares Play the FreeCell/Scorpion cross |
 Tarantella An original game |
 Gold Rush An original Klondike variation |
 Agnes Three An Agnes Bernauer variation |
 Apophis Play the Pyramid variation |
 Family Plot Play the challenging variation of The Plot |
 Alliance Play the Matrimony variation |
 FreeCell Duplex Play the FreeCell variation |