Agnes
A triangular tableau packed by matching colour, with the twenty-ninth card deciding where every foundation starts.
- One deck
- 16 min
- Hard
Category
Patience Classics
Long-established games from classic patience card-game literature.
31 games in this category.
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
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
Bisley
The Aces build up and the Kings build down, meeting somewhere in the middle across thirteen open columns.
- One deck
- 15 min
- Hard
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
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
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
Canister
Eight open piles built down with suit ignored, and any card or ordered group may take a space.
- One deck
- 13 min
- Intermediate
Colorado
Twenty waste piles feeding eight foundations that climb from the Aces and descend from the Kings.
- 2 decks
- 15 min
- Easy
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
Diplomat
Eight short rows of four, built down with suit ignored, and any card may take a space that opens up.
- 2 decks
- 16 min
- Easy
Flower Garden
Six overlapping "garden beds" of cards sit around a central reserve you must unpack in the right order.
- One deck
- 15 min
- Hard
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
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
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
Gate
Eight tableau piles between two five-card gateposts that refill any space you open.
- One deck
- 10 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
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
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
Martha
The Aces start as foundations and twelve short columns alternate face-down and face-up cards.
- One deck
- 14 min
- Intermediate
Maze
Pull the Kings out and slide the remaining 48 cards around six gaps until every suit runs Ace to Queen.
- One deck
- 14 min
- Hard
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
Nestor
Remove pairs of matching rank from across the tableau columns until none remain.
- One deck
- 10 min
- Intermediate
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
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
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
Streets and Alleys
Beleaguered Castle without the head start — the four Aces are buried in the tableau and you have to dig them out.
- One deck
- 12 min
- Hard
Sudden Death
Two stripped decks of high cards only, with foundations climbing from Nine to Ace and back down again.
- 2 decks
- 12 min
- Easy
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
Usk
Ten open piles built down in alternating colours, with a single redeal that restacks them in a fixed order.
- One deck
- 15 min
- Hard
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- Long-established games from classic patience card-game literature.
Games in Patience Classics
- Agnes
A triangular tableau packed by matching colour, with the twenty-ninth card deciding where every foundation starts.
- 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.
- Beleaguered Castle
All four Aces start face-up as foundations, surrounded by eight columns you must whittle down with no redeals.
- Bisley
The Aces build up and the Kings build down, meeting somewhere in the middle across thirteen open columns.
- Bristol
Eight fans of three with every King sunk to the bottom, built freely up and down with suit ignored entirely.
- British Square
A four-by-four grid of piles, each committed to one direction, feeding foundations that climb to King and come back down.
- Calculation
Four foundations each build by a different fixed interval at once, so every card has exactly one place it belongs.
- Canister
Eight open piles built down with suit ignored, and any card or ordered group may take a space.