Seahaven Towers Solitaire

Seahaven Towers is an open patience game in the same family as free-cell solitaire: every card is face up, so careful planning wins. Build ten columns down by suit using four single-card cells, and send all four suits home from Ace to King.

How to play Seahaven Towers Solitaire

• All 52 cards are dealt face up: ten columns of five, with the last two cards placed in the middle two of the four cells at the top. The four foundations sit at the top left and right.
• Goal: build each foundation up in one suit from Ace to King.
• In the columns, a card may go on the card one rank higher of the same suit — for example the 8♣ on the 9♣.
• Each cell holds a single card of any kind. Use them as temporary parking.
• Only a King, or an ordered run that starts with a King, may be moved into an empty column.
• You can move an ordered same-suit run as one group if there are enough empty cells to do it card by card: at most free cells + 1 cards. The status line shows the current limit.
• Cards that fit a foundation go up automatically — with same-suit building they are never needed again.

Controls

• Drag a card or run to move it, or tap it to send it to the best spot: a foundation, then a column, then a cell.
• Double-tap a card to send it straight to its foundation.
• Use Deal # to play a numbered deal, and Restart to try the same deal again.
• Keyboard: U or Ctrl+Z undoes, H shows a hint, N starts a new game. Arrow keys move between cards and Enter plays the focused one.

Tips

• Kings buried near the top of a column are the biggest problem — plan early how to get them into an empty column.
• Keep cells free whenever you can: each empty cell lets you move one more card in a run.
• Low cards (Aces and 2s) buried deep are worth digging for first.
• Because building is by suit, look for long same-suit runs that can be finished in one go.

FAQ

How do you play Seahaven Towers?

Move cards between ten face-up columns, building down in the same suit, and use the four cells to park single cards. Only Kings can start an empty column. Get all 52 cards onto the four foundations, Ace to King by suit, to win.

How is Seahaven Towers different from FreeCell-style solitaire?

It has ten columns instead of eight, two of the four cells start filled, columns build by suit rather than alternating colour, and only Kings may go into empty columns.

Can every Seahaven Towers deal be won?

Most deals can be solved with careful play, but not all. Use Undo freely and try the same numbered deal again with Restart.

Why can I only move a few cards at once?

A run moves as if card by card through the empty cells, so the limit is the number of free cells plus one.