Patience and Solitaire Games

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All the games on this page are written or produced by Cathelius. You may download any of these games and upload them to your site, provided you do not alter the game in any way. If you wish to have a special version, or any requests for games you would like to see, post in our forums or comment on Sneeze's Blog.

Latest games
Windmill	Eagle Wing	Le Cadran	Tarantula	Sultan
Recommended games
King Albert	Miss Milligan	Stonewall	Yukon	Forty Thieves

All games

Time gives the approximate length of a successful game in minutes; "Diff." is the level of skill required, and "Ch." are the chances of a successful games if played skilfully.

	Name	Description	Time	Diff.	Ch.
	Beleaguered Castle	A difficult traditional game with an unusual layout. Only a single card can be moved at a time.	5	Medium	Low
	Dieppe	Dieppe is a simple game in which you deal cards progressively from the stock to a waste pile, and must move cards around the tableau to store them. Similar games: Forty Thieves	5	Easy	High
	Eagle Wing	A card sorting game which relies heavily on chance, and rarely comes out.	5	Easy	Low
	Eight Off	Eight Off is an ancestor of the better known Freecell, with eight "cells" available to store cards, and only a single card can be moved. Similar games: Freecell	5	Medium	Medium
	Flower Garden	Flower garden is a simple open patience game where cards are stacked regardless of suit and only single cards can be removed. There is also a 16 card reserve. Similar games: Stonewall	5	Medium	Low
	Fortune	Fortune is a simple game with twelve piles that can be used to store cards on their way to the foundations. Includes a hard mode for an added challenge. Similar games: Sultan	2	Easy	High
	Forty Thieves	Forty thieves is a difficult two pack game in which cards are dealt in turn from the stock to a waste pile, and the aim is to use them to move cards in the tableau to the foundations.	10	Hard	Medium
	Four Pile Patience	Four pile patience is an original Cathelius creation, similar to Sir Tommy but in which cards can be moved between the waste piles.	5	Medium	Medium
	Freecell	Freecell is a well known game in which only one card can be moved at a time, but there are four "cells" available to store cards which are blocking play. Similar games: Eight Off	5	Hard	High
	Grandfather's Clock	Grandfather's clock is a simple but rewarding pictorial game in which you recreate a clock face by building on a circle of foundations.	3	Easy	High
	King Albert	King Albert is an interesting open game in which you can only move a single card at any one time. Similar games: Raglan	10	Hard	Medium
	Klondike	Klondike is sometimes known as simply Solitaire, and is one of the most familiar patience games. Similar games: Westcliff, Yukon	5	Medium	Low
	Le Cadran	Le Cadran is a tricky two-pack stacking patience in which you build only by suit and can move only one card at a time.	10	Medium	Low
	Miss Milligan	Miss Milligan is a difficult but rewarding two pack patience which requires careful play, especially as the game progresses.	10	Hard	Medium
	Raglan	A challenging game in which you can move only one card at a time, with an unusual layout. Similar games: King Albert	10	Hard	Medium
	Scorpion	Scorpion is an interesting patience where cards can be moved even if they are out of sequence. Similar games: Yukon	5	Medium	Low
	Six By Six	An unusual game in which cards are dealt to the first tableau coloum rather than a waste pile.	5	Medium	Medium
	Spider	Spider is a difficult two pack patience in which cards are dealt from the stock onto existing piles. Similar games: Spiderette	30	Hard	Medium
	Spiderette	Spiderette is essentially a one-pack variation of spider, with similar rules but a relaxation of the win conditions. Similar games: Spider	10	Hard	Medium
	Stonewall	Stonewall has an interesting layout, with each column consisting of alternating face up and face down cards. Similar games: Flower Garden, Klondike	5	Medium	Low
	Sultan	Sultan is a card selecting pictorial patience in which you must reunite the Sultan with his harem. Similar games: Fortune	5	Medium	High
	Tarantula	Tarantula is a easier variant of spider, sometimes known as two-suit spider. Similar games: Spider	20	Medium	High
	Westcliff	Westcliff is a simpler version of Klondike, with 10 stacks of three and cards dealt singly. Similar games: Klondike	5	Easy	High
	Windmill	A difficult card movement game with an interesting layout.	10	Medium	Low
	Yukon	Yukon is a bit like a cross between Klondike and Scorpion; the game looks like Klondike, but cards can be moved even when out of sequence. Similar games: Klondike, Scorpion	5	Medium	Medium