Solitaire is one of those games that has been passed on through the generations since the 18th century. My own family is evidence of this, with my dad teaching me, and more recently, I’ve taught it to my children. In a small way, the thought of this experience moving through the Hatton family fills me with great joy and pride.
But, on both occasions, the teaching was carried out with a physical deck of cards. Smartphones weren’t invented when I was a child, and I wasn’t keen on my children playing on my phone if they didn’t need to. There’s also something hugely satisfying and rewarding about moving physical cards around that can’t be recreated in digital form.
