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FreeCell

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FreeCell is a solitaire card game played with the standard 52-card deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games because very few deals are unsolvable, and because every card is dealt face up from the beginning of the game. It was originally created as a computer game by Paul Alfille. Microsoft has included an implementation of FreeCell in every release of the Windows operating system since 1995, which has greatly contributed to the very wide popularity of the game.

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Playing Time
20 2
Designer
(Uncredited) 2
Publisher
(Public Domain) 2
Game Category
Card Game 2
Game Category
Puzzle 2
Game Mechanic
Pattern Building 2
Minimum Players
1 2
Maximum Players
1 2
Classification
Player Count
Single-Player 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Card Game 1
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1. FreeCell (Wikipedia)
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    FreeCell is a solitaire card game played using the standard 52-card deck
  • Lead sentence [player-count]
    FreeCell is a solitaire card game
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2. Freecell (BoardGameGeek)
  • Playing Time: 20
  • Designer: (Uncredited)
  • Publisher: (Public Domain)
  • Game Category: Card Game
  • Game Category: Puzzle
  • Game Mechanic: Pattern Building
  • Minimum Players: 1
  • Maximum Players: 1
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