Best of
Best Patience Classics
Our picks among patience classics.
Bristol
Eight fans of three with every King sunk to the bottom, built freely up and down with suit ignored entirely.
- One deck
- 8 min
- Hard
Puss in the Corner
Four Aces in the middle, four waste piles in the corners, and foundations that build up by colour rather than suit.
- One deck
- 8 min
- Easy
Pas Seul
Just six piles built down in alternating colours, with any card free to take a space that opens.
- One deck
- 9 min
- Easy
Gate
Eight tableau piles between two five-card gateposts that refill any space you open.
- One deck
- 10 min
- Intermediate
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
Nestor
Remove pairs of matching rank from across the tableau columns until none remain.
- One deck
- 10 min
- Intermediate
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
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
Fortress
A Castle-family game with ten short rows you may build up or down by suit — but never round the corner.
- One deck
- 12 min
- Hard
Gaps
Remove all four Aces, then fill the gaps they leave with the next-higher card of the same suit.
- One deck
- 12 min
- Hard