What is Seahaven Towers?

Seahaven Towers spreads the deck wider than FreeCell and swaps in same-suit building, creating one of the more demanding cousins in the family.

Quick answer: Seahaven Towers deals all 52 cards into ten columns and gives you four free cells, two of which start filled. You build down in the same suit, and only Kings can be placed into an empty column. The wider layout and same-suit rule make it a tough, satisfying variant.

The layout

Seahaven Towers uses ten columns instead of eight, with four free cells - and two of those cells begin the game already holding a card. So you start with just two open cells across a wide, ten-column board. Foundations build up by suit from Ace to King.

The strict rules

Like its same-suit relatives, you build down in suit within the columns, and only Kings may move into an empty column. With just two open cells at the start, freeing space is a constant challenge, and every move needs a plan.

Tips for winning

Because empty columns only accept Kings, unburying your Kings early is often the key to opening the board. Guard your two free cells carefully - they fill up fast. Enjoy the style? Eight Off shares the same-suit, King-to-empty ruleset with more cells to spare.

Related questions

What is Eight Off?

Eight Off is a FreeCell-style game with eight free cells instead of four, and six of those cells already hold a card when you deal. You build down in the same suit within the columns, and only Kings can move into an empty column. The extra cells make it more forgiving than it first looks.

What is Baker's Game?

Baker's Game plays exactly like FreeCell with one key change: instead of building down in alternating colors, you build down in the same suit. That single rule makes it noticeably harder, since matching suits is more restrictive than matching colors.

What is FreeCell?

FreeCell is a solitaire game played with one 52-card deck dealt face up into eight columns. You have four free cells - open spaces that each hold a single card - and the goal is to build all four suits up from Ace to King on the foundations. Because every card is visible from the start, FreeCell is almost pure strategy.