The winning chances have been estimated as 1 in 10 games,[4] with success typically dependent on the player's ability to clear one or more columns.

[5] The game is the progenitor of a large family of similar games, mostly with variations designed to make it easier to win, or "get out" Alternative names include Le Cadran ('The Dial') and, in the US, Forty Thieves, Big Forty and Roosevelt at San Juan.

[1] The game continues to feature in compilations of patiences and solitaires, "usually... under the name of Napoleon at St Helena".

Arnold (2011) revives the name Le Cadran "to honour a different strand of history.

Other closely related games include Congress, Diplomat, Napoleon's Square, Corona, and Blockade.