Taj Mahal Solitaire

When I launched Taj Mahal Solitaire, I was in the mood for a good brain workout. The premise of the game is to stack cards from Ace to King, and nothing quite like that to kill a bit of time. Drilling down into the tableau and avoiding those same-color stacks felt like navigating a spice market without sneezing: less impossible than tricky, but still doable.

And there's this idea that if you have one card left, you have protection - sort of like the palace guards gone a little crazy, huh? Hands off unless the cupboard’s as bare as my snack bowl at one in the morning. Replenishing the stock with new cards kept the action going, however not always in especially exciting fashion.

I heard a fellow gamer refer to it as “the comfort food of solitaire” — comfortable but you ain’t going to write home about it. It’s pretty neat that you have the option of entering your score for some leaderboard glory, sort of like writing your name on the walls of a temple, except no vandalism. If it’s raining, you may also have some consolation with this solitaire — and won’t find any of the more splendid parts of the real Taj Mahal. (And if you want more card-flippin’ action, Another Card Game offers up a sprinkle of variety.)