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Long Games

Deeper, longer games that typically take twenty minutes or more to play out.

13 games in this category.

  • 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

  • Cruel

    Twelve piles of four that you may gather and redeal in order as often as you like — without ever shuffling them.

    • One deck
    • 18 min
    • Expert

  • Double Klondike

    Klondike scaled up to two decks and nine tableau columns for a longer, more complex game.

    • 2 decks
    • 18 min
    • Intermediate

  • 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

  • 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

  • Harp

    A nine-column two-deck Klondike with three redeals, but only one card at a time unless a King leads the group.

    • 2 decks
    • 20 min
    • Intermediate

  • House on the Hill

    Thirty-six tiny piles of three feeding eight foundations that climb from Aces and descend from Kings.

    • 2 decks
    • 18 min
    • Intermediate

  • Miss Milligan

    Eight columns fed eight cards at a time, with one late privilege: you may set a card aside and bring it back.

    • 2 decks
    • 22 min
    • Expert

  • 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

  • Russian Solitaire

    A stricter Yukon variant where tableau sequences must build by suit instead of alternating color.

    • One deck
    • 20 min
    • Expert

  • 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

  • Sultan

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

    • 2 decks
    • 20 min
    • Hard

  • Terrace

    You pick which rank the foundations start on, then build them up in alternating colours from an eleven-card terrace.

    • 2 decks
    • 18 min
    • Intermediate

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What is long games?
Deeper, longer games that typically take twenty minutes or more to play out.

Games in Long Games

  • 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.

  • Cruel

    Twelve piles of four that you may gather and redeal in order as often as you like — without ever shuffling them.

  • Double Klondike

    Klondike scaled up to two decks and nine tableau columns for a longer, more complex game.

  • Forty Thieves

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

  • Four Corners

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

  • Harp

    A nine-column two-deck Klondike with three redeals, but only one card at a time unless a King leads the group.

  • House on the Hill

    Thirty-six tiny piles of three feeding eight foundations that climb from Aces and descend from Kings.

  • Miss Milligan

    Eight columns fed eight cards at a time, with one late privilege: you may set a card aside and bring it back.

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