![]() ![]() The game of peg solitaire is to jump pegs until you have only one left. Some say the center is the best peg to remove, but you can decide. To start “play” on solitaire, you first need to remove a peg to start. Solitaire as I mentioned has been around for centuries, one can imagine that it’s had many names throughout the years…here are some examples of that. It stimulated a good bit of competition amongst us as to who could finish with fewer pegs in the end. As it turns out, the game was a great time passer for us boys. I can recall hours sitting around the house playing this game. Consequently, many personal items did not survive the world wars, but our solitaire game did. Our peg solitaire was originally my grandmother’s game. The game went with us to our mountain holiday’s, or with us on long train rides through Switzerland. My mother happened to have a smaller version of the game which always sat in our family room on the table. I have fond memories of Peg solitaire from my childhood. The game has a laid out traditional cross pattern always on a wooden board that consists of drilled holes, each of which can contains a peg. ![]() It seems even back in the mid 1600’s, humans often experienced boredom and often craved intellectual challenges. Originally known as Roi Soleil, or Sun King, the game seemed to be a preferred game of the French elite and Monarchs. As the story goes, Pellison designed the game for the entertainment purposes of Louie XIV. With the game dating back to the 17th Century, it was said to be invented by a French Mathematician, Pellison. Peg Solitaire has a long and interesting history. Package from the back Peg Solitaire Game from BeerliSchweiz The History of Peg Solitaire or Solitaire ![]()
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