A very solid addition to solitaire card games

If you are a board gamer and you own a deck of regular playing cards, you have most likely played at least a few hands of Patience, the solitaire that dates back to the 1780s.

It’s a classic time-killer that most will know.

The idea of a solitaire card game is as a result not new, and there have been dozens, maybe a few hundred variations on the idea of a solo player taking on some challenge created within a deck of 52-cards.

Now a new game has emerged; Concealed from designer Ivan Marić, artist Luka Čubrilo, and publisher Mowl Games – although this one is available as a print and play offering.

In this one you play cards around a printed board with the basic game play being to play out all the cards required in 13 turns, or you lose.

Before the game starts you draw one card and that will be your concealed card for the game.

The goal is to “fulfill the prophecy of that card by drawing and placing cards around your board every turn until you fill up the whole board except for the two cards that together create the concealed card,” details the game designer.

Now there is not a great deal here that is hugely different from the old reliable Patience, but it adds a neat twist that makes it feel just different enough to be a fun one.

Adding to Concealed is that there are several different boards each with slight rule tweaks which will help keep this one fresh.

A definite one to look into for solitaire fans. Check it out at mowl-games.itch.io/concealed