Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is trying his hand in the mobile gaming world.
This week, the 83 year-old Rumsfeld launched "Churchill Solitaire," in honor of Winston Churchill's favorite card game.
"Among the things one learns as time passes is that everyone has to age, but not everyone has to get old," Rumsfeld said in an article about the effort. "One of the best ways to stay young is to keep learning. That’s one of the reasons I’ve spent the better part of the past two years trying my hand at developing a mobile app."
Mr. Rumsfeld explained how the game works and how it is different than the original solitaire:
Most people have played some version of Solitaire in their lives. The Churchill version, like the man himself, is far more demanding and complex. Instead of using a single deck of 52 cards, Churchill Solitaire uses two decks. Instead of the traditional 7 rows of cards, there are 10. Instead of simply moving cards so that they fit back into single-suited piles from Ace to King, Churchill Solitaire includes an extra row of six cards — the Devil’s Six — that a player has to liberate as well.
Rumsfeld made the game with the blessing of the Churchill family. All proceeds of the app will go to charity.
You can download Churchill Solitaire with iTunes. It will soon be released to other platforms.