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Mille Bornes

http://codex99.com/design/28.html
The game was a popular alternative to Bridge and, as Parker Brothers stated in the US introduction, became “a French Card Game Craze.” To keep up with demand Dujardin moved production from the basement of his family’s home in Arcachon to a renovated fish factory. In all, more than a million copies were sold in France in the 1950s.

Solitomb is a demon-fighting prototype which mixes Balatro and solitaire, from the maker of Slipways | Rock Paper Shotgun

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/solitomb-is-a-demon-fighting-prototype-which-mixes-balatro-and-solitaire-from-the-maker-of-slipways
Solitomb, a solitaire-based dungeon crawler in which you fight demons by building hands of playing cards. It's currently - heywaitaminute - a pay-what-you-want PICO-8 prototype by designer Jakub Wasilewski where "all money earned goes towards making the bigger version possible." Like Slipways, it already seems like a frightfully clever piece of design.