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Best Intermediate Strategy Games

Intermediate-difficulty picks among strategy games.

  1. FreeCell

    Nearly every deal is winnable with the right plan — four free cells give just enough room to maneuver every card into place.

    • One deck
    • 15 min
    • Intermediate

  2. Spider (Two Suit)

    A more forgiving Spider variant played with only two suits instead of all four.

    • 2 decks
    • 16 min
    • Intermediate

  3. Spider

    Build same-suit sequences from King to Ace across ten tableau columns using two full decks and four suits.

    • 2 decks
    • 20 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. Simple Simon

    A single-deck relative of Spider — build same-suit runs across a pyramid-shaped tableau.

    • One deck
    • 12 min
    • Intermediate

  7. Canister

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

    • One deck
    • 13 min
    • Intermediate

  8. 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

  9. Spiderette

    A single-deck take on Spider, played across seven tableau columns instead of ten.

    • One deck
    • 14 min
    • Intermediate

  10. Baker's Game

    The predecessor to FreeCell — identical rules, except tableau sequences must build by suit rather than alternating color.

    • One deck
    • 15 min
    • Intermediate