Looking for the name of some solitaire games

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I have various solitaire apps with literally hundreds of games and rather than poring through all of them, maybe some folks here can help with the names.

First, there’s one with seven piles. You deal out all but three cards – up down down…down, up up down down … down, up up up down down…down. You pile the cards by in descending order using the same suit (rather than alternating colors like klondike). You have three cards remaining that you turn over one at a time. Kings go into open piles, aces go up top and the idea is to put all the cards on the aces. You win if you put all the cards on the aces.

Second, you deal nine cards up. Then, you can cover any pairs that add to ten (or, just ten, or jack-queen-king), always keeping nine piles. The idea is to deal out all the cards on the nine piles and if you did it right, the nine piles will themselves all have pairs that add to ten (or just ten, or jack-queen-king). You win if you can deal out all the cards.

Third is similar to the first one, except there are 8 piles and no cards to draw from. You deal four down/four up for four rows, then 2.5 rows of all up and then just organize the cards by putting cards of the same suit on top of each other (if the bottom card is a three of clubs, you can put a two of clubs (and any remaining cards in on top of the 2) onto it). Open aces go up top and you win if you can put all the cards on the aces in ascending order.

Fourth is a weird one – deal one card, say the 3 of clubs. Then you deal another card next to it – if it’s a three or a club, you can put it on the first card. If not, deal another card next to that, etc. In addition to piling up cards that match in suit or number next to each other, you can also combine piles if the fourth card to the left matches in suit or color. So, 3C - 5D - KH - 3D, you can put the three of diamonds onto the 3 of clubs. Then, you’ll have the five of diamonds next to the 3 of diamonds and you can pile those up (put the 5D pile on top of the 3D pile to its left). You win if you end up with only one pile at the end.

Thanks!

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The fourth one sounds like Accordion.

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Yes! Although I never played by laying all the cards out at once. Good thing, too, because I would be left frozen with indecision.

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The second one sound like elevens, but you are taking sets that add up to 10 rather than 11. There is also a game called Tens but it only allows 10’s and face cards to be removed in sets of 4.

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Yeah, mine sounds like an easier version of Tens.

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It’s actually an easier version of Block Ten. Block Ten is exactly the game you described, but with three differences:

  1. Cards are discarded rather than covered up. (Okay, functionally it’s the same result.)

  2. Kings, Queens, and Jacks are discarded in pairs. (I.e. King-King, Queen-Queen, or Jack-Jack).

  3. Tens are not discarded. That means that a 10 coming up reduces your permanent pile allotment. If you manage to win, you will only have 5 usable piles in the tableau by the end.

Needless to say, Block Ten is pretty much a pure luck game that rivals Accordian in the odds of actually winning the thing. (i.e. not bloody likely).

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I think I’ve won Accordion maybe 3 times in my life. I guess I play a slightly more difficult version where you only put out one card at a time, but that’s still pretty infrequent – I’ve played a lot of it.