Nestor is a patience or solitaire card game played with a single deck of standard playing cards.

[2] As described in Louis Hoffmann's book The Illustrated Book of Patience Games (1892), Nestor is played as follows:[3] Several variations exist.

[4] One alternative rule in this game is after the eight columns are dealt, the reserve cards are placed as one overlapping row and the top card is the only one available for play.

With fewer buried cards, this increases the odds of winning.

In the variant Doublets, twelve columns of four cards each are dealt, with a reserve of four cards.