The Solitaire Games of Skill Sampler collection has a solitaire game taken from every major type of solitaire. These games are extracted from the Solitaire Games of Skill collection discussed on the home page of this website. Solitaire Games of Skill Sampler has no time limits or limitation of features. It represents twenty original solitaire games not found elsewhere. These games are offered free of charge with no strings attached. The games included are:

1. Elevens by Eleven is Elevens with 2 extra card positions making it easier to win.
   
2. Pyramid Cell is Pyramid played with 4 cells and no hand cards.
   
3. Pyramid Nestor is Nestor played with a Pyramid.
   
4. Aces Up Eight Suits is a 2 deck version of Aces Up and is easier to win.
   
5. Extra Gaps is Gaps played with 3 cells and no redeals and is easier to win.
   
6. Basketball is an easier to win version of Golf.
   
7. Peek is a version of Peek that flags potential blocks and allows hand cards to fill empty reserve columns.
   
8. Royal Precedence is Precedence played with 6 cells which are filled at the start of the game.
   
9. King of Italy is Queen of Italy where any rank can be chosen as the base foundation rank and the reserve has 16 cards.
   
10. Pyramid Canfield is Canfield whose stock is replaced with a Pyramid of faceup cards.
    
11. La Belle Draw is La Belle Lucie with 3 draws and no redeals.
    
12. Solitaire (Microsoft) is similar to the 3 card draw version of Microsoft's Solitaire game.
    
13. Westhaven is an easier to win version of Easthaven.
    
14. Little Elaine is a 1 deck version of Napoleon's Square with building by alternate color.
    
15. Big Billy is a 1 deck version of Little Billie.
    
16. FreeCell is the standard FreeCell game.
    
17. Little Miss Milligan is a one deck version of Miss Milligan which can be won about half the time.
    
18. Spider is the standard 4-suit version of Spider.
    
19. Russian Spiderette is an easier version of Russian Solitaire where there are 4 deals to the tableau.
    
20. Double Yukon is a challenging one deck version of Yukon which can be won about half the time.
    

The Single Player Card Games Besides Solitaire collection consists of twenty-four puzzle and scoring games. These games are extracted from the Solitaire Games of Skill collection discussed on the home page of this website. Single Player Card Games Besides Solitaire has no time limits or limitation of features. It represents twenty-four games offered free of charge with no strings attached. The games included are: Lights Out 3x3, Lights Out 5x5, Lights Out 6x6, Pegged 6x6, Pegged 7x7, Pegged Cross 7x7, Pegged Cross 9x9, Knight, Slide Puzzle 3x3, Slide Puzzle 4x4, Slide Puzzle 5x5, Line Up, Caesar, Chiasms, Major Squares, Tower of Hanoi, Tall Tower of Hanoi, Royal Square, Poker Shuffle, Poker Solitaire, Cribbage Solitaire, Cribbage Squares, Accordion Cribbage, and Pohtzee. The Lights Out games have their own Fan Club website by Ken Barr.

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