Castle Games

All cards start dealt face up and you build down regardless of suit, moving only single cards. Tableau columns can be built with ranks up and down.

A challenging game with simple rules. All cards start dealt face up and you build down regardless of suit, moving only single cards. Somewhat similar to Bakersdozen.

A three-deck version of Beleagueredcastle invented by Thomas Warfield. Since kings can only be moved to empty spaces or the foundation, opening up some columns is the key to the game, except there are 12 cards in each column that need to be gotten out of the way first.

An easier variation of Beleagueredcastle where cards are moved to the foundation during the deal.

Fortress with cells.

A variation of Fortress with a twelve-card reserve from which all cards are playable.

Thomas Warfield's adaptation of a 19th century game first described in George A. Bonaventure's 1932 book of solitaire games. It is two-deck game where 52 cards start on the tableau and another 52 start in the reserve. Suits of cards are completely ignored.

A more interesting variation of Fortress where you choose the base card.

A more difficult variation of Citadel where spaces can only be filled by kings.

A classic and usually insolvable ancestor of Beleagueredcastle where you can build both up and down in the tableau.

A variation of Fortress that allows you one "merci" move, in which any one card can be moved to the top of its stack.

A very difficult variation of Beleagueredcastle where spaces can only be filled by kings.

A variation of Beleagueredcastle with two Freecell-style cells added.

A version of Beleagueredcastle where the base of the foundation is determined by the first card you play to it.

A more difficult variation of Beleagueredcastle that starts with no cards dealt into the foundation.

A variation of Beleagueredcastle with one Freecell style cell added.