Faerie Solitaire Solitaire With a Quest

The card play is a familiar cousin of Pyramid and Freecell with one big change: instead of laying cards down, you take them away. Draw a card from your deck, then remove a table card one rank above or below it. A ten takes a jack or a nine, and an ace links both to a two and a king, so the deck runs in a loop.

The real game is planning your route. Two cards might both be removable, but only one uncovers the card you need next, and the longer your unbroken chain, the more gold and energy it earns. Objectives per hand keep it varied: reach a combo of a certain length, fill your energy meter against the clock, or clear a hand perfectly. It takes a few minutes to learn and rewards thinking a move or two ahead.

You also build up a village in Avalon, and each structure adds a permanent bonus to every level you play.

Then there are the eggs. Tucked under the cards you clear, they hatch into 32 different creatures, from rabbits to pegasuses, which you raise and evolve by keeping them active while you play. They mostly exist to be charming rather than useful, and hunting down every last one can take a long stretch of lucky hands.