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Best Hard Two-Deck Games

Hard-difficulty picks among two-deck games.

  1. Forty Thieves

    Build strict same-suit sequences across ten columns dealt from two decks — one of the toughest classic patience games.

    • 2 decks
    • 25 min
    • Hard

  2. Salic Law

    Queens are discarded and the eight Kings become column bases, with Aces building up to Jacks in the middle.

    • 2 decks
    • 12 min
    • Hard

  3. Crazy Quilt

    A woven 8x8 quilt where only cards with a short edge free can be played, to Aces building up and Kings building down.

    • 2 decks
    • 18 min
    • Hard

  4. Four Corners

    Only the cornerstone piles may feed any foundation — every other pile is tied to the one in its own row.

    • 2 decks
    • 18 min
    • Hard

  5. Royal Cotillion

    Eight foundations built up by suit in twos, so each one skips every other rank on its way round.

    • 2 decks
    • 20 min
    • Hard

  6. Sultan

    Also called Emperor of Germany — an ornate two-deck game built around eight Queen and King foundations.

    • 2 decks
    • 20 min
    • Hard