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Castle games · The Ramparts

Fortress Solitaire

Rearrange ten exposed rows in either direction by suit.

Decks
1
Pace
Medium
Difficulty
Hard
Family
Castle games

Select a card, then choose a highlighted destination.

Foundation 1

Foundation 2

Foundation 3

Foundation 4

Pile 1 · 6

Pile 2 · 6

Pile 3 · 5

Pile 4 · 5

Pile 5 · 5

Pile 6 · 5

Pile 7 · 5

Pile 8 · 5

Pile 9 · 5

Pile 10 · 5

The deal

All 52 cards start face-up in ten rows. The four suit foundations start empty.

Playing the cards

Move an exposed row top onto another top of the same suit one rank higher or lower. An empty row accepts any exposed card. Foundations begin with an Ace and build upward in suit.

Fortress is part of The Ramparts · Castle games.

More Castle games games

  • Beleaguered Castle — Eight columns flanking four aces.
  • Castle of Indolence — A two-deck castle with four thirteen-card reserve piles.
  • Citadel — Beleaguered Castle builds available cards to foundations during the deal.
  • Streets and Alleys — Beleaguered Castle with all four aces shuffled into its eight rows.
  • Tableau Solitaire — Two-deck builder with eight in-suit foundations and same-suit sequences.

Also try

  • Calculation (Waste-pile builders) — Race four foundations built by fixed increments.
  • Canfield (Canfield family) — Compact reserve patience with wrap-around foundations.
  • La Belle Lucie (Fans (La Belle Lucie)) — Eighteen fans, strict suit-down building.

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