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Solitaire & Mahjong (Wii)

Genre: Board Compilation

Release Date: February 28, 2009

Solitaire & Mahjong (Wii)

Solitaire

How to Play: Solitaire Card Game

Solitaire, a single-player card game, has many variants. In the UK, solitaire is known as patience, a good name for such a card game. Regardless of the variations, solitaire is a card game that requires the player to return randomly dealt cards to their own suit in numbered order. Solitaire is popular both as a table top game using real playing cards and a computer game using virtual playing cards.

Once any initial plays are made, the player can begin to draw from the stock pile in the upper left corner of the playing field. Most variations call for every third card to be turned over from the stock pile. If the card can be played, the card under it can be used. If the card cannot be played, three more cards are turned over. Play continues until no more moves can be made or the object of the game is successfully achieved.

Solitaire & Mahjong (Wii)

Mahjong

Mahjong History

The game of mahjong originates from China, but the details are shrouded in myths and it is not clear how far back the origins of the game can be traced. In its modern form the game emerged around the middle of the 19th century, but simpler versions have certainly existed long before that.

In the early 20th century a few games were brought to the west and was played in private circles, e.g. at Harvard University. While living in China Joseph Park Babcock in 1920 wrote the booklet Rules for Mah-Jongg based on classical Chines rules, and he included it in mahjong games which he started to export to the USA. He had arabic numerals engraved on the tiles so they were easier for westerners to play with, and he was strongly contributing to the popularity of mahjong in the USA and Europe in the 1920’s. Mahjong fell out of fashion again, but the game had been introduced in many western homes.