Card Games Mega Collection A whole card table in one box

Solitaire is the heart of the collection: more than 100 variations, from Klondike and FreeCell to games you may never have tried. Each deal is a fresh puzzle, and a run takes minutes, which makes it easy to talk yourself into one more. If a game is new to you, the tutorial highlights the cards worth playing and explains the moves, a hint button is there when you stall, and right-clicking gives explanations for rules you half remember. You can also track your stats per profile, so there is a quiet record of how many games you have cleared. It is the kind of thing you open for five minutes and close an hour later.

Beyond solitaire, the collection covers Texas Hold 'Em and other casino poker games, casino style Blackjack, and ten home poker variants with wild cards, split pots and betting limits you set yourself. The family classics are here too: Hearts, Spades, Pinochle, Rummy, Euchre, Canasta, Cribbage and more, playable against computer opponents. For the youngest players there are five bonus games: War, Memory, Old Maid, Go Fish and Crazy Eights. The whole thing is built for easy reading, with big cards, a clean interface and multiple skill levels, so a beginner and a seasoned Hearts player can sit at the same table.