Solitaire Rules
The number of solitaire variations available today is huge. When Lady Codogan published
the first book on solitaire games, Illustrated Games of Patience, in 1874, she
listed only 24 games. Today's most authoritative reference, David Parlett's Penguin Book of Patience
offers rules to over 250 games (over 500, counting variations).
The Solitaire Central Rulebook offers rules to, at last count, 1715 different games.
Granted, there are probably more than a few very similar games listed under multiple names, but there are also quite likely a good number of games that we've missed entirely.
A conservative guess would put the total number of solitaire games at around 1500. That's a lotta rules.
There are way too many games to list on one page, so we recommend that you use the menus on the right to browse our solitaire library, or to search for a particular game by name.
If you're looking for a book of solitaire rules that you can prop open on the table next to you,
take a look at our fine collection of Solitaire Reference Books.
