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Filed under: Kids' Games, Activities: Big Kids, Activities: Tweens, Activities: Teens
This game is a variation of solitaire. Credit: aprilzosia, Flickr
How to play: Shuffle the deck and deal four cards out face up. Remove cards as follows: If you have a pair in the middle of the four cards, you may remove them. If the first card and the fourth card are the same suit, you remove the two middle cards. If all four cards are the same suit, remove all four cards. Add another card to the right end of your row. If it is the same suit as the fourth card to the left, remove the two middle cards. If you paired up in the middle, you can remove the two middle cards. And if all four cards are in the same suit, remove all four cards.
The rules: Continue adding cards to the right, looking for cards with matching suits with two cards between them and pairs in the middle of four cards. Also, remember to look for four cards in a row of the same suit.
How to win: You win the game if you are left with no cards.
What else you need to know: This is a good way to introduce your children to solitaire.
Related: More Kids' Games
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
5-11-2010 @ 4:35PM
DocRik said...When i played this as a child, t was called Idiot's Delight. Very difficult to win - average result is 12-14 cards remaining,
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5-11-2010 @ 7:37PM
kathie said...I've been playing this game for years, it's called "Idiot's Delight." Really, it's fun, hard to win, and can be played on the table or in the hand.
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5-11-2010 @ 7:57PM
Joey Burns said...excuse me, first of all the cards are dealt from the bottom of the deck.
and, you take the in-between cards when the first and fourth card matches suit, and when the first and fourth card matches in pair, only then can you take all four
the purpose for not taking all four when all four match in suit, is it will take away a cascading effect from suits (which can build up during the play), in getting rid of a bunch of cards as you take away in-between cards
hence you can only win if the first card (flipped from the bottom of the deck to the front) is eventually matched by pairing with the 4th card out... because that clears the deal and you win.
If you play the way this article says, it changes the odds ... I would imagine to winning. Anyways, I been playing that game since I was maybe 6, so i have 41 yrs experience. I suppose someone changed the rules so kids would be happier playing it. But whats the point? My point is, whomever is playing it the way the article explains, is cheating...
The object of the game, is to reduce the viewed cards, back to the original 4, as many times as you can, to get a matching pair and win.
Hence, if 5 is the starting card, and you have already seen 3 more 5's go by, then the game is lost anyways...
re-write your article if you wish, or leave it... It's certainly up to you. But, I won't be shifting my way of playing, because I don't cheat!
Later, Joey!
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5-11-2010 @ 8:47PM
Judy said...Your rules were perhaps changed to make it easier. I am 66 years old and it is called Idiots Delight with the rules as written in the article. It is not easy to win.
5-11-2010 @ 9:11PM
charitylmc said...Well, aren't you on a high horse. I was taught this game by a girlfriend of my late grandfather. She is in her 70's by the way, so I guess she wins in the who has been playing it longer. Same rules as in the above article. I would imagine that never taking out all would actually make it easier to win, because you would be building up suits beside one another that could match at the end. But who knows which is easier. Either way, the game is tough because it is only a game of chance, (which is probably why it is called Idiots Delight). I have only won a few times. Anyway, the point is, unless YOU invented the game, you can't really say that everyone else is playing it wrong and you are right.
5-11-2010 @ 11:06PM
Cher said...I've been playing this game of solitaire for about 50 years. We were taught to hold them in your hand and flip them upfrom teh back of the dec and keep moving the cards as they add up so that there's only the last 4 showing. It's very hard to win but a really fun and addicting game.
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