Loner's Luck

Solitaire games people played before there were screens to play them on. Most of these rules were first printed between 1869 and 1907. We rebuilt them for a phone held sideways, with no ads and nothing to sign in to. THE GAMES • Loner's Luck (2014). Our own game, and the one the app is named for. Deal four cards at a time and discard the lower of two matching suits. Clear the whole deck to win. • Sir Tommy (1869). The oldest game here. Turn one card at a time, build the foundations from ace to king in any suit, and park the rest wisely. • Idiot's Delight (1900). Aces are high. Discard any card beaten by a higher card of its suit, and use empty piles to dig for more. • Elevens (1904). Nine cards face up. Pair cards that make eleven, or gather a jack, queen and king, and clear the deck. • Canfield (1905). Thirteen in the reserve, three off the deck. Build every suit up from the starting…