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== Layout games ==
=== Patience or solitaire games ===
{{See also|Patience and solitaire games}}
Most patience or card solitaire games are designed to be played by one player, but some are designed for two or more players to compete.<ref name=pagatCICG/>

==== Single player patiences or solitaires ====
Patience games originated in northern Europe and were designed for a single player, hence its subsequent North American name of solitaire. Most games begin with a specific layout of cards, called a [[tableau (solitaire term)|tableau]], and the object is then either to construct a more elaborate final layout, or to clear the tableau and/or the [[draw pile]] or [[stock (solitaire term)|stock]] by moving all cards to one or more [[discard pile|discard]] or [[foundation pile]]s.<ref name=pagatCICG/>

==== Competitive patiences ====
In competitive patiences, two or more players compete to be first to complete a patience or solitaire-like tableau. Some use a common layout; in others each player has a separate layout.<ref name=pagatCICG/> Popular examples include [[Spite and Malice]], [[Nerts|Racing Demon or Nerts]], [[Spit (card game)|Spit]], [[Speed (card game)|Speed]] and [[Russian Bank]].<ref>[https://www.pagat.com/patience/ ''Competitive Patience''] at [[pagat.com]]. Retrieved 29 December 2023.</ref>

=== Connecting games ===
The most common of these is [[Card Dominoes]] also known as Fan Tan or Parliament in which the idea is to build the four suits in sequence from a central card (the 7 in 52-card games or the [[Unter (playing card)|Unter]] in 32-card packs). The winner is the first out and the loser the last left in holding cards.<ref name=pagatCICG/>