How to play
Success in Selective Castle requires that all suits complete their wrapping foundation sequences from the player-selected global base rank. The game declares completion only after all interacting restrictions agree at the same time.
- The Selective Castle opening separates permanent constraints from player-controlled positions. The first foundation transfer chooses a shared base rank; all four same-suit foundations then build upward with rank wrapping from that chosen base. Its versioned seed recreates those same constraints locally while keeping unrevealed decisions out of the guide and board labels.
- Selective Castle treats the printed or dealt restrictions as hard constraints, not suggestions. The first foundation transfer chooses a shared base rank; all four same-suit foundations then build upward with rank wrapping from that chosen base. A move that contradicts the current state has no effect, including after the game has ended.
- Success in Selective Castle requires that all suits complete their wrapping foundation sequences from the player-selected global base rank. The game declares completion only after all interacting restrictions agree at the same time.
Strategy tips
- Delay the first foundation move until the exposed tableau shows which base rank has several immediate same-suit followers and few buried predecessors.
- Selecting a base simply because one card can move now commits all four suits; a weak choice can leave three foundations waiting behind deeply buried ranks.
- Close Selective Castle by auditing the boundary cases first and the obvious placements second. The position is not done until all suits complete their wrapping foundation sequences from the player-selected global base rank.