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Bowling Solitaire box art
1969 Ranked #6,101

Bowling Solitaire

A solo card game that uses a standard deck to simulate a round of bowling. Card play replaces traditional bowling actions, challenging you to manage the sequence of frames for the strongest possible score.

Abstract Card Game Print & Play Simulation Solo / Solitaire Game

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.53/5

Rating

6.67

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 1.3/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Bowling Solitaire was designed by Sid Sackson and published on his A Gamut of Games. According to him, he created this game because of his distaste for solitaire games in which a red 9 is placed on a black 10.

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Bowling Solitaire was designed by Sid Sackson and published on his A Gamut of Games. According to him, he created this game because of his distaste for solitaire games in which a red 9 is placed on a black 10. In this game, standard playing cards are used to simulate a round of bowling.

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Sid Sackson

Publishers

4
Dover Publications dtv (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) Hugendubel Verlag Hutchinson

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