Card games are pretty popular and widely played games all over the world. In fact, cards games are so popular that many operating system platforms actually offer built-in card games, for example, all the different editions of the Windows operating systems has in build card games. Even though the card games look easy and simple but it requires some mental effort. It is not only about observing or knowing the winning moves but also about improving with every move. There are various versions of the same card games and all of them are interesting and quite addictive. A new version of the Solitaire game is the Beleaguered Castle Solitaire 1.0 that promises to ensure some more moves and some more effort.

This new version is very similar to Fortress Solitaire which has been played over and over again by game enthusiast across the world. In this new version, the foundation is the four ace cards and the other 48 cards are placed in 8 sections. Each of this 8 sections have 6 cards. The 8 sections are placed in right and left sides of the foundation. By using the cards placed at the top of each 8 sections the player have to build upon the 4 foundations according to their respective suits or he has to build down other sections irrespective of suit. The ultimate goal is to reduce all the cards into one foundation. This game needs some time to be understood and also the player have to invest time to master this game. Thus, this challenge itself increases the curiosity the players to stick to it and play till he masters it. The user interface is pretty simple with not additional and unnecessary materials.

This two and half star rated basic game is interesting and also available for free to be downloaded. It can be considered as another jewel for the card games.