Emily's Hotel Solitaire

Emily's Hotel Solitaire combines a simple card game with a light building story. Emily has come to a tropical island to make her grandfather Douglas Kirby's dream of his own hotel come true, and you help by winning solitaire levels. The card rules are easy: you remove cards from the field that are one value higher or lower than your drawn card, and you win a level by clearing the field without running out of supply cards. Stars earned in levels unlock decorating choices. The combination gives each hand of cards a reason beyond the score, since every win shows up as a visible change on the island.

It is a natural browser game because a single level is short and needs no special skill beyond counting up and down. The portrait layout suits phones especially well, though it works on a desktop too. What keeps it from feeling repetitive is the hotel. Each win moves the renovation forward, and you choose how to decorate once-empty spaces, planting parks and flowerbeds, making the rooms cozy, laying carpets and planning the menu of a Chinese restaurant. Losing a level only costs a minute, and the next attempt deals a fresh chance to clear the field. Earning stars matters, because they are what unlock the next round of decorating choices.

This one suits relaxed card players and anyone who enjoys a cozy decorating goal alongside a puzzle. If you like tri-peaks style solitaire, casual card games or story-driven renovation games, it is a comfortable pick. It is gentle enough for newcomers to card games while still rewarding some planning on harder layouts. The island setting and the grandfather story give it a warm, holiday feel. It is a gentle pick for an evening wind-down.

via Playgama