| A patience game | |
_Layout.jpg) Screenshot of Miss Milligan | |
| Family | Forty Thieves |
|---|---|
| Deck | Double 52-card |
| See also Glossary of solitaire | |
Miss Milligan is a patience game which is played using two decks of playing cards,[1][2] and is one of the most popular of the double-deck games.[3] According to Peter Arnold, author of Card Games for One, this classic game's enduring popularity is in part due to its amazing tendency to enable complete recovery from seemingly hopeless positions.[4] Winning chances with good play are about 1 in 20 games.[5]
- ^ "Miss Milligan" (p.141) in The Playing Card Kit by Richard Craze, Simon & Schuster, 1995. ISBN 0-7318-0526-7
- ^ "Miss Milligan" (p.430-431) in The Penguin Book of Card Games by David Parlett, Treasure Press, 1987. ISBN 1-85051-221-3
- ^ "Miss Milligan" (p.89) in 101 Great Card Games by David Galt, Publications International, 1999. ISBN 0-7853-4044-0
- ^ "Miss Milligan" (p.236) in The Complete Book of Card Games by Peter Arnold, Octopus Publishing Group, 2010. ISBN 978-0-600-62191-1
- ^ "Miss Milligan" (p.201) in Hoyle's Rules of Games (3rd edition) by Philip D. Morehead (ed.), 2001. ISBN 0-451-20484-0