<p>The descriptions sound a little like a game I played at school and was know by us (possible as local dialect) as Slam.</p>

<p>Doing a google search I've found [double patience] which matched your description.<a href="https://www.pagat.com/patience/double.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">1</a></p>

<p>28 cards are played out in 7 piles with 1-7 in each (if you recalled 21 then then would work as 6 piles 1-6 in each)</p>

<p>The object is to get rid of your cards onto central piles.</p>

<p>It's possible to play with multiple players if each player has their own deck.</p>

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StartPlayer
<p>This sounds like the game Speed to me. Here is a link to a website about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_(card_game)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Speed</a>.
Here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1SYPCCFn4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">video</a> as well.
Hope this helps.</p>

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<p>I played this card game with my mom back in the 70's. Sometimes we played with more than 2 players.  Each player had their own deck of cards.  I can't remember exactly how we played, but I think we each had a pile of cards to play from in front of us face down (maybe 21 cards in stack/pile but not sure).  There were 4 slots/piles to play from/on on. 4 piles were either beside our playing stack or in front of each of us.  I also think there was a pile/base/stack of cards in the middle face down. I don't remember if we had cards in our hands or not.</p>

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Welcome to the site, and thanks for your question! Are there *any* additional details you can give us? For example, do players take turns or is this a game of speed? is the game associated with any particular culture? etc, anything might help.
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What is name of this card game?
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# What is name of this card game?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-01)

I played this card game with my mom back in the 70's. Sometimes we played with more than 2 players. Each player had their own deck of cards. I can't remember exactly how we played, but I think we each had a pile of cards to play from in front of us face down (maybe 21 cards in stack/pile but not sure). There were 4 slots/piles to play from/on on. 4 piles were either beside our playing stack or in front of each of us. I also think there was a pile/base/stack of cards in the middle face down. I don't remember if we had cards in our hands or not.

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> **username_1**: Welcome to the site, and thanks for your question! Are there *any* additional details you can give us? For example, do players take turns or is this a game of speed? is the game associated with any particular culture? etc, anything might help.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-04-01. Score: 3

The descriptions sound a little like a game I played at school and was know by us (possible as local dialect) as Slam.

Doing a google search I've found [double patience] which matched your description.[1](https://www.pagat.com/patience/double.html)

28 cards are played out in 7 piles with 1-7 in each (if you recalled 21 then then would work as 6 piles 1-6 in each)

The object is to get rid of your cards onto central piles.

It's possible to play with multiple players if each player has their own deck.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-04-01. Score: 1

This sounds like the game Speed to me. Here is a link to a website about [Speed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_(card_game)).
Here is a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1SYPCCFn4) as well.
Hope this helps.


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