TinySol
Shares rank 11 of 15 card games by recommenders
A tiny solitaire game for DOS that Hacker News readers shared; the one complaint raised is that it cannot deal one card at a time.
A tiny solitaire game for DOS that Hacker News readers shared; the one complaint raised is that it cannot deal one card at a time.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Praised as genuine Hacker News content
“This is real hacker news! Well done :)”
Comment from 8 Aug 2026 in “TinySol, a tiny solitaire game for DOS”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Wanted option to deal one card
“i wish it had an option to deal 1 card at a time”
Comment from 9 Aug 2026 in “TinySol, a tiny solitaire game for DOS”
Other card games people recommend
The four most recommended other card games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic: The Gathering | 27 | 25 | 52% | 10 | 31 yrs7 owners | — |
| Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino | 14 | 4 | 78% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Inscryption | 11 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Solitaire Alone Together | 11 | 1 | 92% | 1 | — | — |
| TinySolThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
2 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“i wish it had an option to deal 1 card at a time”
“This is real hacker news! Well done :)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.