Algerian Solitaire Game

Algerian Solitaire, by studio Ravalmatic, is a two-deck patience game with a reputation as one of the harder solitaires to actually clear. Instead of the usual single foundation row building up in one direction, you get eight foundations across the top: the first four build up starting from Ace, the last four build down starting from King, and every one of them wraps continuously — an Ace can land on a King and a King can land on an Ace within the same suit.

Below that sits a row of eight tableau piles where cards also build continuously up or down in suit, one card moved at a time, and an empty tableau spot will take any card you have available. A separate reserve of six piles holds four cards each; those cards can only move out to the tableau or a foundation, never the way, so managing what to dig out of reserve versus what to stack in the open tableau is most of the actual puzzle.

Controls

• Click and drag a card to move it to a tableau pile or foundation

It's a slow, thinky game more than a quick one — better suited to someone who wants to actually work through a hard solitaire layout than to a quick five-minute break.