Patience

AKA Solitaire, but since Warhammer and D&D come first on this wiki, we'll go by another common name for the game.

There are many, many, many games designed to be played by one player using a standard deck of cards, or mahjong tiles, or a tarot deck; these are commonly known as "Solitaire" (French for "One Person", as all of these games only require one player) or "Patience" (because you only play this kind of game when you're bored).

Traditionally played by bored people who have a deck of cards and nobody to play with.

The usual method of play is you shuffle and then deal out a deck of cards/tiles in a particular way, and move cards according to a set of rules, until either you've moved all the cards to the Foundations, or can make no further progress.

Very much a "Normie" persuit, but also one that you can geek out to a surprising extent with, particularly once you get into "multiple deck" solitaires.

There are a few notable games:

• Klondike, the "default" Solitaire. Cards are played out in eight ascending columns, with only the top card exposed. The remainder of the cards are the Talon, which you can play on the board according to the "building" rules.. You build down by sequence in alternating color (so a Queen of Hearts can be played on a King of Spades or Clubs), and move to the Foundations in a strictly ascending suit manner (So the 4 of Spades can only go on 3 of Spades).
• FreeCell, the other contender for the throne of "most popular solitaire". The rules are similar to Klondike, only all cards are dealt to the board, face up, and you have four "Free Cells" that allow you to move cards when not directly building. Makes it harder to move cards around than Klondike, but because you have more freedom of movement and all the information, is also much, much more winnable.
  • If you feel the need to know more about these two variants, go consult Windows 98.
• Spider. Called by its fans "the best, smartest solitaire", and, other than maybe FreeCell, may have the best claim to the title.
• Shanghai, or Mahjong Solitaire: You have a pile of Mahjong tiles. You can pair and remove them if they have either the left or right edge free. Do not confuse with actual Mahjong, which is a gambling game, with all that implies.
• Various simple matching games; for example "Simple Pairs", a game of matching cards that pair up, or "Thirteens", a game of matching cards that add up to 13, or "Fourteens" (take a wild guess).
• Various games centered around triangular arrangements of cards, most notably "TriPeaks" and "Pyramid" (duh). Usually overlaps with the matching games, above.

Multi-deck versions of most of the above exist.

If you want to play without bothering with all the cards, there are plenty of computer versions available. Particularly recommended is PySolFC.

Card Games
Collectible Card Games:	Call of Cthulhu - Cardfight!! Vanguard - Fire Emblem Cipher Force of Will - Jyhad - Magi-Nation Duel - Magic: The Gathering Netrunner - Pokémon - Star Wars: Destiny CCG (Dead) - Yu-Gi-Oh
Other Card Games:	1000 Blank White Cards - 7th Sea - Apples to Apples - Bang! Cards Against Humanity - Coup - Decktet - Dominion - Dvorak F.A.T.A.L. - Keyforge - Mafia - Mag Blast - Mao - Munchkin Race for the Galaxy - Sentinels of the Multiverse - Tanto Cuore
Traditional Card Games:	Bridge - Cribbage - Mahjong - Solitaire/Patience - Poker - Rummy - Tarot