Solitaire Alone Together

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I can't suggest moves, though! >smile<

Always carry a deck of cards when hiking in the wilderness. If you become lost deal a game of solitaire. In a few minutes someone will come up and start suggesting moves.

nayuki8 days ago

Neat concept - a web remake of a classic Windows game. I found it very hard to win though, due to the "draw three" rule. I finally won on my 12th shuffle.

Aside from this web game implementation, in past decades I grew tired of solitaire and its constrained nature. I found myself enjoying spider solitaire a bit more, where you have to be more strategic about building stuff. I discovered spider because it's bundled with Windows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_(solitaire)

brettermeier7 days ago

Spider Solitaire is very nice, I really would recommend Simple Solitaire Collection for Android on F-Droid. It has 17 Modes, Spider included and you have settings, for Spider for example you can choose from 1, 2 or 4 different card colors to make it harder.

v9v8 days ago

For "Solitaire Together" instead, I recommend the game NERTS (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1131190/NERTS_Online/). It's a multiplayer competitive solitaire game by Zachtronics. Out of all the games I've played, it's the one that stresses me out and takes me through emotional rollercoasters the most.

eieio8 days ago

Oh this is fun! I'm a big Zachtronics fan but didn't know about NERTS.

I grew up playing "double solitaire" (basically multiplayer competitive solitaire where you play on each others' aces) with my family and love it, and it definitely contributed to me making this site. So I'm excited to play some Solitaire Together!

wildzzz8 days ago

I really liked the flavor of solitaire they put into Shenzhen IO

nticompass8 days ago

Author's blog post about this project: https://eieio.games/blog/solitaire-alone-together/

Rendello8 days ago

Beautiful. I've always loved the aesthetic of Windows Solitaire [a] but felt strangely alone when playing it (figures). I'm reminded of a non-solitary solitaire, Nerts Online:

https://www.zachtronics.com/nerts-online/

a. And this version too, the backs of the cards are very pretty.

bityard8 days ago

NERTS is fun, we play it with a group of our friends (fiends?) semi-regularly. But part of its charm is the inherent physical and verbal chaos... you can never reach all the piles, people's hands/arms collide with each other, drinks get spilled, names get called, alliances forged and quickly betrayed. It's a hoot.

Rendello8 days ago

I tried the online one but I'm not too experienced with cards so I just got destroyed. Another fun, chaotic one that I used to play in person a lot is Egyptian Ratscrew, a game where you have to slap the pile first if certain criteria are met. I don't think I've won a single match of that, I'm usually still processing what card was put down long after someone already slapped the pile. I had fun regardless. Make sure everyone removes their rings!

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Ratscrew

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2UMv5Jk8JQ

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