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Best Intermediate Patience Classics

Intermediate-difficulty picks among patience classics.

  1. Gate

    Eight tableau piles between two five-card gateposts that refill any space you open.

    • One deck
    • 10 min
    • Intermediate

  2. Little Spider

    Eight piles in two rows, with two Aces built up and two Kings built down — unrelated to Spider despite the name.

    • One deck
    • 10 min
    • Intermediate

  3. Nestor

    Remove pairs of matching rank from across the tableau columns until none remain.

    • One deck
    • 10 min
    • Intermediate

  4. Beleaguered Castle

    All four Aces start face-up as foundations, surrounded by eight columns you must whittle down with no redeals.

    • One deck
    • 12 min
    • Intermediate

  5. Calculation

    Four foundations each build by a different fixed interval at once, so every card has exactly one place it belongs.

    • One deck
    • 12 min
    • Intermediate

  6. Canister

    Eight open piles built down with suit ignored, and any card or ordered group may take a space.

    • One deck
    • 13 min
    • Intermediate

  7. Baker's Dozen

    Thirteen short columns with every King sunk to the bottom of its own, and no way to refill a column once cleared.

    • One deck
    • 14 min
    • Intermediate

  8. Martha

    The Aces start as foundations and twelve short columns alternate face-down and face-up cards.

    • One deck
    • 14 min
    • Intermediate

  9. King Albert

    Nine columns of descending length plus a seven-card Belgian Reserve, every card of which is always available.

    • One deck
    • 15 min
    • Intermediate

  10. British Square

    A four-by-four grid of piles, each committed to one direction, feeding foundations that climb to King and come back down.

    • 2 decks
    • 16 min
    • Intermediate