# Name this vintage solitare game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354 "2005-09-12T23:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/1 "2005-09-12T23:28:19Z")
When I was a kid, we had a game at our house that was a solitaire game. It came in a brown case that folded in half, and if I recall correctly (this is circa 1975-1980) you opened up the gameboard, dealt out your playing cards, and played a solitare type game. It was a plastic board that had slots in it to hold the cards in the positions you wanted them in. My memory is really vague, but I really liked this game and the way it held the cards was super handy. I’ve been thinking of trying to find it for my mother in law, as I think she would enjoy it. Anyone recall the exact name of this game and/or the company that made it? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/2 "2005-09-13T00:26:40Z")
We had something like this in the same time frame. There were 25 slots arranged in a 5x5 grid. Five cards were placed face-down, diagonally from upper left to lower right corner. Cards from the deck were turned up one at a time and put in an empty slot, the goal being to make the best possible poker hand in each row and each column. Any time you made a pair in a row or colmun you turned up one of the face-down cards. Don’t know the name of it off the top of my head, other than calling it “Poker Solitaire.” ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/3 "2005-09-13T01:24:34Z")
I’d forgotten that it scored like poker- you’re right! This is it, if I recall correctly: [http://cgi.ebay.com/Solotaire-Plays-Like-Solitaire-Scores-Like-Poker-1973\_W0QQitemZ5239879995QQcategoryZ2552QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting](http://cgi.ebay.com/Solotaire-Plays-Like-Solitaire-Scores-Like-Poker-1973_W0QQitemZ5239879995QQcategoryZ2552QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting) Otto shoots, he scooooores! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/4 "2005-09-13T01:27:33Z")
Why Lucy? ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/5 "2005-09-13T13:33:58Z")
I don’t know why Lucy, but I still have my Solotaire board tucked away in a drawer next to my bed and still play it, it is an amazingly simple, yet fun exercise in probability. I’ve always wanted someone to port it to the computer – but I’d still keep the old one with me. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/6 "2005-09-13T15:26:53Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > I don’t know why Lucy, but I still have my Solotaire board tucked away in a drawer next to my bed and still play it, it is an amazingly simple, yet fun exercise in probability. > > I’ve always wanted someone to port it to the computer – but I’d still keep the old one with me. You can try [Poker Solitaire](http://www.goodsol.com/pokersol). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/7 "2005-09-13T15:38:49Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > I still have my Solotaire board tucked away in a drawer next to my bed and still play it, it is an amazingly simple, yet fun exercise in probability. Would you be so kind as to post the scoring list? I sometimes deal out a game of this _sans_ board and would like to be able to figure out my actual score. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/8 "2005-09-15T01:28:34Z")
I’ll bump this to request the scoring also. It’s been so long since I’ve played that now I’ve forgotten how! I am so getting this game from E-bay. Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/9 "2005-09-16T02:27:08Z")
> [@BoBettie](#): > > I’ll bump this to request the scoring also. It’s been so long since I’ve played that now I’ve forgotten how! I am so getting this game from E-bay. Excellent! [Here](http://www.aboardgamesdatabase.com/aardmakehtml.mv?look4=3101.00000&src=DETAILS) you go. The rules (PDF file) are linked just below the picture. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-vintage-solitare-game/321354/10 "2005-09-16T16:37:34Z")
Cool, now we’ll see if I’ve remembered it correctly over the years.