There’s a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from a game that makes you think without making you tense. AARP Solitaire players tend to know exactly what that feels like — the quiet focus, the forward planning, the small reward of watching pieces fall into place. It’s a mental workout …

Solitaire gets most of the attention when it comes to single-player card games, and fairly so — but it’s not the whole story. A handful of other classic games hold up just as well, and if you’ve spent any real time with AARP Solitaire, you already have the instincts that …