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Most of the games from Pretty Good Solitaire are games that have been published in various solitaire books. The majority of these games date from the nineteenth century. The inventors of these games are unknown.
Among the source books of games are
Unfortunately, the Parlett book is out of print in the USA and is not generally available. However, a smaller book Teach Yourself Card Games for One by David Parlett (Teach Yourself Books, ISBN 0-8442-3686-1, 1994) is available.
Pretty Good Solitaire also contains many games that are original to the programs from Goodsol Development.
Some games have inventors that are known. Those inventors are listed below. Click on a name to see the games each person invented.
Albert Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith
The inventors of some games are unknown, or do not wish to have the games attributed to them, or the games were modified for their appearance in Pretty Good Solitaire, or were given special names for Pretty Good Solitaire, or are unique to games from Goodsol Development, including:
Acquaintance, Alaska, Australian Patience, Fifteen Puzzle, Gold Rush, Interchange, Josephine, Putt Putt, Spider Web, Thieves of Egypt |