I am flabbergasted that you created such a clever solitaire game that is truly engaging and challenging and fun. Honestly I didn't think it was possible until I saw this. You need to be famous for this game! WELL DONE!
I tried it as a 2 player game too by making it into a 3x4 grid with 2 jokers side by side in the middle. 3 cards on each corner and 6 cards for each center wall (2 walls on top/bottom, 1 wall on left/right). Each player gets 2 spare cards for wen they get stuck. U hav to try to get ur joker out on ur side b4 the other player. It requires a bit more strategy bc u can remove wall cards from any wall, but ur trying to just remove from ur side, or corners so that ur not helping ur opponent. Wen u get stuck, u draw 1 of ur 2 spare cards and can use it right away if u can. If u can't use it, u lay it on ur joker and it's the next person's turn. Ofc the next person would hav to do the same bc there wouldn't be a move for them either. They hav the option to use the card on the opponent's joker, or try to leave it so that the opponent has to try to get rid of it on their own in order to break out. If no moves can be made after using both spare cards by each player, no one wins.
honestly, this became my favorite single player card game ever! makes you think, yet it's simple to play and has a pretty solid win-loss ratio for a card game. U should call the game "Asylum" with the premise of breaking the joker out of the asylum. just a thought! Kudos man!
I watched this and it was amazing! Here are some variations I found. 1) Tower Collapse: each time a corner breaks, add a card to the two corresponding walls beneath it from the cards you have already cleared (shuffle the deck before this). 2) Heightened Security: Each time you cannot play within the existing setup, place a card on top of all of the piles instead of being in the joker. If each pile can’t be filled, start with the walls before the corners. This comes from Spider Solitaire, and it adds to the card management. 3) Riot: Each time you clear a set with 20 (can change this) value of each red and black, remove one wall for free. Every 5 after this also removed and additional wall section (25 is 2, 30 is 3, 35 is 4, 40 is 5). This means for a 7-card clear you need 50 value each color, which is only possible when all four kings and queens are on the board at the same time, meaning it doesn’t break the game. Let me know what you think of these! I haven’t really tried them out yet, but in theory it seems interesting.
As this game gecame one of my goto boredom games, I thought to actually try your variants and after some testing cam to this conclusion: 1) Tower collapse: balances the game a little bit more as it is even more important now to keep the corners standing, but not to much punishment if not 2) Heightend security: I found it is far more interesting to 1. take the cards from the spare ones, as then they get actually used a lot more often and also makes you loose after at most 3 stuck states. 2. only place the cards on the walls as that does not replenish the now even more important corners. It previously actually made the game easier, as you basically reset the game a card back but with a higher corner/wall ratio, which is not the purpose of that variation. 3) Riot: worked nice, as it made the high combos better even if it eats up more corners. But to easy actually, works better with 8 or 9 thick walls
Love this game!! My wife and I will use two decks and play against each other. Whoever breaks out first wins! I can’t believe you just thought of this! Incredible!!
I quickly found a way to increase the difficulty: use two jokers, and make so they can't both use the same exit. Go up a notch by forcing it so one only exits vertically while the other only goes horizontally
2 variations I’ve been playing are High Budget, where you put twice as many cards in the walls and corners. And Solitary Confinement, where you also put 6 cards on the joker at the start.
@@connororourke7876i think they mean putting both jokers in the middle and when a wall is cleared one stays there and the other needs to clear another wall
Really great game! One of the best solitaire games I found. Also, I have a little suggestion: If the card that you place on top of the joker when you get stuck is the other joker, then you can break any wall.
Thanks Ice! That's an interesting addition, I left out the other jokers from the deck, but having another way to break walls when in a bind is pretty nice. Should probably remove it from the deck before you lay out the walls and shuffle it back in after they've been created, so you don't suddenly encounter a joker when breaking walls.
honestly a fun game, i also thought of a different mode of this game, idk what to call it yet, but basically u need both jokers, the colored joker is the joker u would help escape and the black joker is shuffled to the deck, instead of 6 cards for the walls its 8 and instead of 3 in corners its 4, now if u encounter the black joker while trying to break the walls, wherever that black joker is found it is stuck there meaning that wall Cannot be broken, if u find the black joker in the extra 3 lives cards, then this joker will be a wild card or can be used in any cards, so in this mode the best thing u want to happen is the black joker being in the corners or in the extra lives cards
Tried it and I gotta say I loved it. Short and sweet, easy to learn, and incredibly clever and thoughtful. I'm so sick of solitaire games with no strategy that are all about putting numbers in sequence alternating red and black and just waiting for the one card you need to make progress. Love seeing games for 1 like this. truly a gem
Its really fun. I like to put a twist on it by using a sea themed deck and acting like the walls are instead pirate ships and the joker is your ship trying to escape after being surrounded (or vice versa)
I did the same thing twice but one was an avengers deck (joker becomes villain, walls become heroes) and a shark deck (joker becomes small shark, walls become big, bully sharks.) The variants with different decks make it very fun
I've been playing this a lot recently, like dozens and dozens of times. I've added some House rules and I thought I would share. 1. I don't stop when a wall has been broken down. Instead, I win the game when the draw-pile is emptied as well as when at least one wall is gone. You determine to what degree you won by counting the cards that are left (just the literal card, not their numerical value). Sometimes it is 11 or 4 cards left, but I have gotten it down to 2 and even 1 before (minus the joker, of course). 2. Sometimes there are just too many of one color; therefore, I added a rule that you could collect all of one suit. So, a K (13) of diamonds and a 6 + 7 (=13) of diamonds make a pair. 6 cards for the wall and 2 for the corners is really ideal, the 7-1 can lead to a bust and doesn't flow as well. I have played with a double deck, which is also fun, then I did 10 cards for the walls and 4 for the corners. When you do double decks, you really must have the 2nd rule where you can pull all of one suit or it will be too irritating. Last but not least, he is right that the absolute best tragedy is to really attack those walls and use as many cards to make a pair as possible (so instead of two Ks, make it 6+7 and 5+4+4 as a pair). Hope you enjoy. This is my new favorite game, it really is.
I was looking for a game to play in the morning instead of looking at my phone and this is a pretty sweet one ! I played a few games, one easy and one pretty hard where no red cards seemed to turn up, it was nice ! Thank you :)
Absolutely love the game now, def my fav single player card game. Also, you explained how the game worked extremely well, I'd love to see you continue explaining how different kinds of card games (or even board or video games) work.
Simply the best solitaire game ever! Absolutely love it, because it's utterly addictive - and great for the "maths brain" too due to not merely being down to luck! Well done for such a splendid card game invention! Superb job! MORE...!!!! 👍♠️♣️♥️♦️
I tried it out and it had me really surprised on how efficient game made just the day before it was posted on RUclips would work so smoothly, great game!
I like this game a lot, especially if you really take the time to find all possible moves and pick the best option. I like your rule of only using up to 3 saves when stuck. I decided to deal the remaining cards into the walls. Love the kitty blooper at the end.
Loving this game - thanks again. I’m going to double up the amount of cards with another set to make the game last longer. Great way to spend Boxing Day!
This is superb!!!!, Ive beed searched for a singlecplayer card games and only found some diotic games that rely only on sheer luck. And I really am bored playing solitaire, so this helps me a lot. Thank you!!!!
I played this 3 hours and it was super fun. The variation i used had a perfect balance and i won/lost 50/50 The variation used all 52 cards and 1 joker. Put the joker at the middle. Put 8 cards to wall and 3 to corners. Put 5 cards on top of the joker at start Put the remaining 3 cards aside and put them on top of the joker ( or the cards on top of the joker) if nothing else fits. One of the walls and all cards on top of the joker has to be cleared to win.
Bro, loved it. I just learned to play it and win the first time. Its a well made strategy game where every decision counts. Also the rule of limiting a max of 3 cards on top of the Joker is perfect, i take it as adding extra security to avoid the joker from escaping. Good job bro!!!
hello! I just came across this game, and I really enjoy it. I added 2 more cards to the walls and I feel like it made it more fun/challenging. Fantastic job!
Very interesting I tried it and experimented with it a little and found a 2 player competitive way For this divide your 54 card deck between 2 players with each getting 27 Make the walls 4 cards thick and the corner 2 cards The rest 3 cards are your supplement cards if you need them Each player builds this setup and then both start at the same time No card exchange or trading of supplement cards(optional)is to be allowed to make the game free from ties The first one to break his asylum wins
A cool way to add a competitive edge to the game would be to have a 'high score' potential. This would work on (1) How many wall levels you have AND (2) how many corner levels. So someone could brag about having broken the joker out of jail on a Level 8/1 (i.e. an 8 card stack for the walls, and only 1 card stack for the corners)
@roofkat I absolutely am addicted to this game. I would modify it as follows: if all face up cards are the same suit, then all cards are taken out of play into the discard.
I really, really, love this game! Thank you so much for sharing! So fun, and creative! I have also made my own challenging modifications. (Note: I'm several years late on this comment thread, haha, so maybe someone else has already said something similarly? Couldn't read them all so I don't know!) Anyway, here are my little personal tweaks: Originally, as you were teaching us the game, I anticipated that any cards you add together of the same color, to create a sum, ALSO had to be of the same suit! Even though that didn't end up being the case, I went ahead and kept that as a fun challenge! However, because that obviously ups the ante quite a bit, I did not limit myself to how many cards can be piled in the middle on top of the Joker (and just like your rules, I can add to the middle at any point throughout the game, not just when all possible moves on the board have been made). Of course, causing such a pile on top of the Joker can be a little nerve racking, so I also added a twist that if you end up with two cards in the center pile, one on top of the other, that are the same value (regardless of color or suit), you can throw both of those cards out thus reducing center build-up. Lastly, I stuck to your original rule about once the corners are gone--they're gone! So all you can do at that point is add to the middle pile--eek! I don't win all the time, but when I do, I'm so stoked haha! I could probably also play around with how many cards are set on the board initially and that may also increase options/chances of winning maybe? Regardless, the mental fitness is worth it for me! I've been playing for over an hour non-stop. Thank you so much for this game!
Really glad to hear you've been enjoying it, and your variation sounds great! The original design was perhaps a bit easy, so your version sounds like a good twist :)
I set up everything exactly how you do except I put the other joker under the joker. That card I use as an illusion, so if you manage to get rid of all of the cards in one of the four corners then you can use the illusion. You use the illusion by putting it in one of the four corners that you already got rid of all the cards (or guards as I like to call them) in. When you use the illusion one of the cards above, below, or to the side of the illusion will try to “capture” it (you decide which guard goes after it, it just has to be one of the guards next to the illusion) , in other words move from the space they are in into one of the four corners where you put the joker, except if it is the last card then the guard cannot leave his post. The guard who left his post kills the illusion and stays in one of the four corners, to be used again (for trying to pair other cards of the opposite color). This allows you to have a back up plan just in case there are no more cards that you can pair, it also gives the four corners a purpose. I hope you y’all like my addition on the game.
i believe i may have an idea for the second joker. Whether it's a good idea or not, is another matter. Anyways, here's my idea: If you get a joker on one of the walls (or corners) it breaks the wall that it is on down, leaving only the joker that is there there. (If the joker was from one of the corner, however, it can be placed on any of the walls.) the other cards that were on that wall are added to the used deck (the one that's facing up) and that deck is then shuffled. If there weren't any card left in that wall, and the joker is the last one, The used deck is still shuffled. After it is shuffled, three cards are then picked up from it. These three cards are then added together to make the value of the joker (so, for example: Jack + 3 + 8 = 22) and the colour of the joker is determined by the colour of the cards. So if the majority (at least two) of the cards were black, the joker is black. so, if the cards were black 5 + red ace + red 8, the joker would be a red card worth 14. Also, you might want to put these three cards aside, so that you can refer back to them if your forget what the joker is worth. Every certain amount of moves (i haven't figured out how much yet), a card from the unused deck is added on top of the joker until eventually the wall get's back up to 7, not including the joker, Once it get's back to this point that the wall started at, the joker is put aside. now the joker can be used once every certain amount of moves, again i haven't figured out how many. but it can only be used once at a time (so, you can't use it if it's already on a wall) Hopefully this comment wasn't TOO long and this doesn't make it TOO complex.
Here's a tip to geek it out some more: Put your smartphone on the middle as the joker, a let it play that gif from _The Dark Knight_ of when the Joker is in jail, applauding behind bars. 🤪🤡😆
Thanks Heather! I'm actually surprised by how well this is received, it's really motivating to see a lot of people enjoying it :) Good luck and hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for the game! Learned it by the 6 min mark! Just played my first game and this is a great game to kickstart your brain and get it its morning stretch!
This looks brilliant. Exactly what I was looking for. Glad I found it. Been playing switch with the kids and still in the mood for cards when they go to bed so this is going to be good! Edit 24 hours layer: I love this and have involved the kids to help with their mental maths.
I have another idea you could add. What if you had to break out both the Jokers? If you can't jailbreak both jokers at the same time, when only 1 joker escapes, The escape joker becomes a permanent wall! And the next joker has to escape through another wall. However, Knocking out both corners next to a joker, or 2 corner cards next to the joker of the opposite color as the joker, could be a way to expose and kill off the joker as a revenge bonus. The final joker would basically be the scapegoat joker, so you could probably call the second level "Scapegoat Joker Jailbreak".
Great stuff, man! I'll be getting some games of this in, and I'll respond with suggestions if I have any. The mechanics are solid, from what I can see. Cheers!
I just found this and implemented the 2nd joker so 2 total in the center and when you break one wall a joker will fill in the spot to block it from the 2nd joker to escape, i call it "the screw over" makes the game more challenging and it works out with cards at the end still. Once you brake a 2nd wall the 2nd joker will be free and you win.
I like this! I was just thinking about how to incorporate a second joker while I was playing. I wonder if there's a way to introduce risk of the first joker getting sent back to his cell. Kinda like that old wives tale of crabs dragging each other down in the pot. That could add a little extra spice to this idea.
I came up with a variation called Royal Guards. Take 2 kings, 2 queens, and 2 jacks. For each of those 1 red 1 black. Shuffle up those and put them on top of the joker, and you can’t move the joker until the guards are all gone. Also I play it with the jack being 11, queen as 13, and king as 15.
l Love this game! Im over at my grade parents house and NO ONE here likes card games but for this card its fun and 1 player! Very fun would recommend 👍
i increased the difficulty by adding in a new joker in the middle as well and whatever side the old joker broke out of counts as another barrier that isn't 14 but 15.
I am flabbergasted that you created such a clever solitaire game that is truly engaging and challenging and fun. Honestly I didn't think it was possible until I saw this. You need to be famous for this game! WELL DONE!
Thanks Andrea, glad to hear you like it ^^
Me to!
Really well done
I tried it as a 2 player game too by making it into a 3x4 grid with 2 jokers side by side in the middle. 3 cards on each corner and 6 cards for each center wall (2 walls on top/bottom, 1 wall on left/right). Each player gets 2 spare cards for wen they get stuck. U hav to try to get ur joker out on ur side b4 the other player. It requires a bit more strategy bc u can remove wall cards from any wall, but ur trying to just remove from ur side, or corners so that ur not helping ur opponent.
Wen u get stuck, u draw 1 of ur 2 spare cards and can use it right away if u can. If u can't use it, u lay it on ur joker and it's the next person's turn. Ofc the next person would hav to do the same bc there wouldn't be a move for them either. They hav the option to use the card on the opponent's joker, or try to leave it so that the opponent has to try to get rid of it on their own in order to break out. If no moves can be made after using both spare cards by each player, no one wins.
i rate this positive, this has ruined my relationships with my friends, would recommend playing.
@@1_zera_1 i forgot about this game tbh. thanks for reminding me :D
I've been picking up some different solitaire games to play and I've gotta say this is one of the more engaging fun ones. hella good shit my man
Awesome to hear Aaron! Glad you like it :)
My man how did you leak his name without it being in his name? @@roofkat
honestly, this became my favorite single player card game ever! makes you think, yet it's simple to play and has a pretty solid win-loss ratio for a card game. U should call the game "Asylum" with the premise of breaking the joker out of the asylum. just a thought! Kudos man!
Thanks Wilfredo! And Asylum would be a good name for it too ^^
I watched this and it was amazing! Here are some variations I found. 1) Tower Collapse: each time a corner breaks, add a card to the two corresponding walls beneath it from the cards you have already cleared (shuffle the deck before this). 2) Heightened Security: Each time you cannot play within the existing setup, place a card on top of all of the piles instead of being in the joker. If each pile can’t be filled, start with the walls before the corners. This comes from Spider Solitaire, and it adds to the card management. 3) Riot: Each time you clear a set with 20 (can change this) value of each red and black, remove one wall for free. Every 5 after this also removed and additional wall section (25 is 2, 30 is 3, 35 is 4, 40 is 5). This means for a 7-card clear you need 50 value each color, which is only possible when all four kings and queens are on the board at the same time, meaning it doesn’t break the game. Let me know what you think of these! I haven’t really tried them out yet, but in theory it seems interesting.
As this game gecame one of my goto boredom games, I thought to actually try your variants and after some testing cam to this conclusion:
1) Tower collapse: balances the game a little bit more as it is even more important now to keep the corners standing, but not to much punishment if not
2) Heightend security: I found it is far more interesting to 1. take the cards from the spare ones, as then they get actually used a lot more often and also makes you loose after at most 3 stuck states. 2. only place the cards on the walls as that does not replenish the now even more important corners. It previously actually made the game easier, as you basically reset the game a card back but with a higher corner/wall ratio, which is not the purpose of that variation.
3) Riot: worked nice, as it made the high combos better even if it eats up more corners. But to easy actually, works better with 8 or 9 thick walls
Love this game!! My wife and I will use two decks and play against each other. Whoever breaks out first wins! I can’t believe you just thought of this! Incredible!!
Glad to hear you're enjoying it! ^^
I quickly found a way to increase the difficulty: use two jokers, and make so they can't both use the same exit. Go up a notch by forcing it so one only exits vertically while the other only goes horizontally
This is such an amazing game! As much as I hate quarantine, I love learning new card games 🙂
Glad you like it!
Quarantine simulator
2 variations I’ve been playing are
High Budget, where you put twice as many cards in the walls and corners.
And Solitary Confinement, where you also put 6 cards on the joker at the start.
Or CellMate where there is two jokers and if you get a joker out it blocks the entrance with all of the corner cards surrounding it
@@GHXSTFXCE2727 will you explain this more?
@@GHXSTFXCE2727 yeah, we need bit more details
@@connororourke7876i think they mean putting both jokers in the middle and when a wall is cleared one stays there and the other needs to clear another wall
@iphgamer8254 huh
I love this when bored and trying to find games and love the theme its very interesting and engaging, thanks for making this! and easy to learn
Really great game! One of the best solitaire games I found. Also, I have a little suggestion: If the card that you place on top of the joker when you get stuck is the other joker, then you can break any wall.
Thanks Ice!
That's an interesting addition, I left out the other jokers from the deck, but having another way to break walls when in a bind is pretty nice. Should probably remove it from the deck before you lay out the walls and shuffle it back in after they've been created, so you don't suddenly encounter a joker when breaking walls.
roofkat Games or you could do it if a joker becomes one of the walls you get to break it for free
honestly a fun game, i also thought of a different mode of this game, idk what to call it yet, but basically u need both jokers, the colored joker is the joker u would help escape and the black joker is shuffled to the deck, instead of 6 cards for the walls its 8 and instead of 3 in corners its 4, now if u encounter the black joker while trying to break the walls, wherever that black joker is found it is stuck there meaning that wall Cannot be broken, if u find the black joker in the extra 3 lives cards, then this joker will be a wild card or can be used in any cards, so in this mode the best thing u want to happen is the black joker being in the corners or in the extra lives cards
I like this idea
Tried it and I gotta say I loved it. Short and sweet, easy to learn, and incredibly clever and thoughtful. I'm so sick of solitaire games with no strategy that are all about putting numbers in sequence alternating red and black and just waiting for the one card you need to make progress. Love seeing games for 1 like this. truly a gem
This game is so amazing, I can’t usually play single player card games for long but this I could play for hours
A very clever idea, I'm looking forward to trying it!
Its really fun. I like to put a twist on it by using a sea themed deck and acting like the walls are instead pirate ships and the joker is your ship trying to escape after being surrounded (or vice versa)
I did the same thing twice but one was an avengers deck (joker becomes villain, walls become heroes) and a shark deck (joker becomes small shark, walls become big, bully sharks.) The variants with different decks make it very fun
This is so much fun!
I'll leave a follow up comment when I play it a few times
I've been playing this a lot recently, like dozens and dozens of times. I've added some House rules and I thought I would share. 1. I don't stop when a wall has been broken down. Instead, I win the game when the draw-pile is emptied as well as when at least one wall is gone. You determine to what degree you won by counting the cards that are left (just the literal card, not their numerical value). Sometimes it is 11 or 4 cards left, but I have gotten it down to 2 and even 1 before (minus the joker, of course). 2. Sometimes there are just too many of one color; therefore, I added a rule that you could collect all of one suit. So, a K (13) of diamonds and a 6 + 7 (=13) of diamonds make a pair. 6 cards for the wall and 2 for the corners is really ideal, the 7-1 can lead to a bust and doesn't flow as well. I have played with a double deck, which is also fun, then I did 10 cards for the walls and 4 for the corners. When you do double decks, you really must have the 2nd rule where you can pull all of one suit or it will be too irritating. Last but not least, he is right that the absolute best tragedy is to really attack those walls and use as many cards to make a pair as possible (so instead of two Ks, make it 6+7 and 5+4+4 as a pair). Hope you enjoy. This is my new favorite game, it really is.
I did it! I ended with 0 cards (not including the joker)!!
Hey Maria,
It's great to hear you've been having fun with this game, thank you for sharing your House rules!
Best house rules I’ve found. Thank you!
I was looking for a game to play in the morning instead of looking at my phone and this is a pretty sweet one ! I played a few games, one easy and one pretty hard where no red cards seemed to turn up, it was nice ! Thank you :)
Absolutely love the game now, def my fav single player card game. Also, you explained how the game worked extremely well, I'd love to see you continue explaining how different kinds of card games (or even board or video games) work.
Simply the best solitaire game ever! Absolutely love it, because it's utterly addictive - and great for the "maths brain" too due to not merely being down to luck! Well done for such a splendid card game invention! Superb job! MORE...!!!! 👍♠️♣️♥️♦️
High praise, thank you so much! Glad to hear you're enjoying it :)
i love it! always fun to play cards when you can use the joker - as a kid i thought they were always useless cards.. ♥️
finnaly a game that actually uses the joker and is singleplayer
I tried it out and it had me really surprised on how efficient game made just the day before it was posted on RUclips would work so smoothly, great game!
Very nice game, it's now one of my fav single player games! nice invention dude.
Thank you, that's very motivating to hear :)
Oh wow, this looks fun! Thanks for sharing!
IM EXCITED TO PLAY THIS
I like this game a lot, especially if you really take the time to find all possible moves and pick the best option. I like your rule of only using up to 3 saves when stuck. I decided to deal the remaining cards into the walls. Love the kitty blooper at the end.
Great game, one of my favorite solitaire games
My new favorite! Was tired of traditional solitaire, this is gonna be my new go to!
Glad to hear!
Loving this game - thanks again. I’m going to double up the amount of cards with another set to make the game last longer. Great way to spend Boxing Day!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
This is an amazing and fun game that I will use whenever my parents tell me to get off of my electronics because it is very entertaining
Glad to hear you like it :)
This is sick. Really awesome single deck solitaire game. Makes you think, there's quite a bit more strategy and consequences than regular solitaire.
This is superb!!!!, Ive beed searched for a singlecplayer card games and only found some diotic games that rely only on sheer luck. And I really am bored playing solitaire, so this helps me a lot. Thank you!!!!
Glad to hear you liked it! :)
I played this 3 hours and it was super fun.
The variation i used had a perfect balance and i won/lost 50/50
The variation used all 52 cards and 1 joker.
Put the joker at the middle.
Put 8 cards to wall and 3 to corners.
Put 5 cards on top of the joker at start
Put the remaining 3 cards aside and put them on top of the joker ( or the cards on top of the joker) if nothing else fits.
One of the walls and all cards on top of the joker has to be cleared to win.
Sturdy walls, I like it :) thanks for playing!
Adore this! It's a cold rainy winter's day here im Cape Town, South Africa, and I'm going to play this 😁
Thanks for giving it a try!
Bro, loved it. I just learned to play it and win the first time. Its a well made strategy game where every decision counts. Also the rule of limiting a max of 3 cards on top of the Joker is perfect, i take it as adding extra security to avoid the joker from escaping. Good job bro!!!
That's awesome, really glad to hear!
I love solo card games. Very nice.
Bro I won your game this was fun there needs to be no additional to the style of play that you created 👌🏽
My uncle is going to love this when we get drunk on Fridays
hello! I just came across this game, and I really enjoy it. I added 2 more cards to the walls and I feel like it made it more fun/challenging. Fantastic job!
Glad you liked it!
Very interesting
I tried it and experimented with it a little and found a 2 player competitive way
For this divide your 54 card deck between 2 players with each getting 27
Make the walls 4 cards thick and the corner 2 cards
The rest 3 cards are your supplement cards if you need them
Each player builds this setup and then both start at the same time
No card exchange or trading of supplement cards(optional)is to be allowed to make the game free from ties
The first one to break his asylum wins
this is such a well made game!! you explained the rules very clearly too :]
Such a cool game thank you for the idea 🎉
A really great game; the most challenging solo card game I’ve found so far - well done and thank you!
Can't believe I didn't think of that. Great idea man, real catchy
A cool way to add a competitive edge to the game would be to have a 'high score' potential. This would work on (1) How many wall levels you have AND (2) how many corner levels. So someone could brag about having broken the joker out of jail on a Level 8/1 (i.e. an 8 card stack for the walls, and only 1 card stack for the corners)
@roofkat I absolutely am addicted to this game. I would modify it as follows: if all face up cards are the same suit, then all cards are taken out of play into the discard.
Love the game. Super fun to play. And you really deserve more subs cause the content you create is amazing
Thanks a lot!
I really, really, love this game! Thank you so much for sharing! So fun, and creative! I have also made my own challenging modifications. (Note: I'm several years late on this comment thread, haha, so maybe someone else has already said something similarly? Couldn't read them all so I don't know!) Anyway, here are my little personal tweaks: Originally, as you were teaching us the game, I anticipated that any cards you add together of the same color, to create a sum, ALSO had to be of the same suit! Even though that didn't end up being the case, I went ahead and kept that as a fun challenge! However, because that obviously ups the ante quite a bit, I did not limit myself to how many cards can be piled in the middle on top of the Joker (and just like your rules, I can add to the middle at any point throughout the game, not just when all possible moves on the board have been made). Of course, causing such a pile on top of the Joker can be a little nerve racking, so I also added a twist that if you end up with two cards in the center pile, one on top of the other, that are the same value (regardless of color or suit), you can throw both of those cards out thus reducing center build-up. Lastly, I stuck to your original rule about once the corners are gone--they're gone! So all you can do at that point is add to the middle pile--eek! I don't win all the time, but when I do, I'm so stoked haha! I could probably also play around with how many cards are set on the board initially and that may also increase options/chances of winning maybe? Regardless, the mental fitness is worth it for me! I've been playing for over an hour non-stop. Thank you so much for this game!
Really glad to hear you've been enjoying it, and your variation sounds great! The original design was perhaps a bit easy, so your version sounds like a good twist :)
I set up everything exactly how you do except I put the other joker under the joker. That card I use as an illusion, so if you manage to get rid of all of the cards in one of the four corners then you can use the illusion. You use the illusion by putting it in one of the four corners that you already got rid of all the cards (or guards as I like to call them) in. When you use the illusion one of the cards above, below, or to the side of the illusion will try to “capture” it (you decide which guard goes after it, it just has to be one of the guards next to the illusion) , in other words move from the space they are in into one of the four corners where you put the joker, except if it is the last card then the guard cannot leave his post. The guard who left his post kills the illusion and stays in one of the four corners, to be used again (for trying to pair other cards of the opposite color). This allows you to have a back up plan just in case there are no more cards that you can pair, it also gives the four corners a purpose. I hope you y’all like my addition on the game.
Hey Eric, thank you for playing and sharing your addition to the game!
Si it’s like solitaire and pyramid solitar I like it
Glad to hear!
I love this!! Thanks for sharing!!
Brilliant card game! Best singular card game I’ve played!
A way to make this more difficult is too have two jokers and when one escapes place 1 card on every pile
Nice idea! One extra layer to complete at the end.
Very simple but amazing game to play. Well done for coming up with it
Thanks a lot for saying that :)
Fantastic game.. just learned it recently but really it's fun.. thanks buddy
Glad to hear you liked it!
I love this! Not only a great solitaire game but i love it has a theme :D
Thank you for sharing!
i believe i may have an idea for the second joker. Whether it's a good idea or not, is another matter. Anyways, here's my idea:
If you get a joker on one of the walls (or corners) it breaks the wall that it is on down, leaving only the joker that is there there. (If the joker was from one of the corner, however, it can be placed on any of the walls.) the other cards that were on that wall are added to the used deck (the one that's facing up) and that deck is then shuffled. If there weren't any card left in that wall, and the joker is the last one, The used deck is still shuffled.
After it is shuffled, three cards are then picked up from it. These three cards are then added together to make the value of the joker (so, for example: Jack + 3 + 8 = 22) and the colour of the joker is determined by the colour of the cards. So if the majority (at least two) of the cards were black, the joker is black. so, if the cards were black 5 + red ace + red 8, the joker would be a red card worth 14.
Also, you might want to put these three cards aside, so that you can refer back to them if your forget what the joker is worth.
Every certain amount of moves (i haven't figured out how much yet), a card from the unused deck is added on top of the joker until eventually the wall get's back up to 7, not including the joker, Once it get's back to this point that the wall started at, the joker is put aside.
now the joker can be used once every certain amount of moves, again i haven't figured out how many. but it can only be used once at a time (so, you can't use it if it's already on a wall)
Hopefully this comment wasn't TOO long and this doesn't make it TOO complex.
Here's a tip to geek it out some more:
Put your smartphone on the middle as the joker,
a let it play that gif from _The Dark Knight_
of when the Joker is in jail, applauding behind bars. 🤪🤡😆
Haha, brilliant.
Wow this looks super fun and unique! I can’t believe you don’t have more subs as this seems really cool I’ll have to try it soon
Thanks Heather!
I'm actually surprised by how well this is received, it's really motivating to see a lot of people enjoying it :)
Good luck and hope you enjoy it!
Absolutely amazing :) super wonderful thank you
My pleasure!
Me and my grandparents love doing solitare games together, i can't wait to whip this one out when we can see each other again!!
Hope you enjoy it ^^
Thanks for the game! Learned it by the 6 min mark! Just played my first game and this is a great game to kickstart your brain and get it its morning stretch!
Awesome game! Thank you so much for sharing :)
Cheers!
This looks brilliant. Exactly what I was looking for. Glad I found it. Been playing switch with the kids and still in the mood for cards when they go to bed so this is going to be good!
Edit 24 hours layer: I love this and have involved the kids to help with their mental maths.
Hey Stephen, really glad to hear! Thank you for sharing :)
Still playing a year on, went to sub but don't wanna mess the 666 subscribers lol!
*I love card games, thanks for playing this and making the joker the special card as that's my favorite card*
Went from YuGiOh and ended up here. Not disappointed lol. Great game man. Nice and simple to understand.
This is great! Reminds me of Card Thief on the app store. Sweet!
Man this game seems really fun. Can't wait to try it tomorrow! Thanks for sharing
Welcome, and thanks for watching!
@@roofkat finally made some time to play it and its a blast!
This is easy enough to play but takes quite a bit of strategy- impressive!
Thanks Jack!
I have another idea you could add. What if you had to break out both the Jokers?
If you can't jailbreak both jokers at the same time, when only 1 joker escapes, The escape joker becomes a permanent wall! And the next joker has to escape through another wall.
However, Knocking out both corners next to a joker, or 2 corner cards next to the joker of the opposite color as the joker, could be a way to expose and kill off the joker as a revenge bonus.
The final joker would basically be the scapegoat joker, so you could probably call the second level "Scapegoat Joker Jailbreak".
Nice addition, thank you!
@@roofkat I've actually been having fun waiting around playing that same game. So thank you!
Amazing single player game!!
Not gonna lie this is one of the best Single player card game,
I'd say it's more fun than solitaire. Thanks for this awesome game!
Thank you!
@@roofkat will you make more games?
Great stuff, man! I'll be getting some games of this in, and I'll respond with suggestions if I have any. The mechanics are solid, from what I can see. Cheers!
This game is amazing! I am even trying a two-player variation where we take turns matching cards and the one to actually break the wall wins.
cool! though i think it would be better as a cooperative 2 player game rather than a competitive one
This game is very fun.
Thanks Kirby! ^^ Glad you like it
I hope this guy blows up and his game gets really popular
Thanks Jacobo! It's already become much more popular than I expected, which is a lot of fun to see :)
@@roofkat Of course roofkat I hope one day you’re at the top
I AM ENJOYING THIS CARD GAME DURING THIS QUARANTINE.
THANKS A LOT BUDDY 👍👍.
Glad to hear!
I just found this and implemented the 2nd joker so 2 total in the center and when you break one wall a joker will fill in the spot to block it from the 2nd joker to escape, i call it "the screw over" makes the game more challenging and it works out with cards at the end still. Once you brake a 2nd wall the 2nd joker will be free and you win.
Sounds like a great variation on the game, thanks for sharing!
I like this! I was just thinking about how to incorporate a second joker while I was playing. I wonder if there's a way to introduce risk of the first joker getting sent back to his cell. Kinda like that old wives tale of crabs dragging each other down in the pot. That could add a little extra spice to this idea.
Thank you sir.
Love this and royal execution you earned a new subscriber!!
Glad to hear!
Great game, would recommend. Got to meet the creator of it.
just played my first game its alot of fun ill be sure to teach my kids this game
Love this! Great game, thank you for sharing
This game is so interesting aand fun to play ob my first game i took out 7 cards with 20 vs 20 points... I love it and Keep it up
Every time he says uh take a drink.
If you do this, I'd recommend water. Stay hydrated!
Very fun! I can feel your enthusiasm on this game :)
Thanks!
Haha yeah I can get really excited about new games I thought of.
Little late to the part here but holy moly this game is a blast!
Glad you think so!
I came up with a variation called Royal Guards. Take 2 kings, 2 queens, and 2 jacks. For each of those 1 red 1 black. Shuffle up those and put them on top of the joker, and you can’t move the joker until the guards are all gone. Also I play it with the jack being 11, queen as 13, and king as 15.
This is so great thanks for giving me another game to play by myself ❤
Glad you like it Natalie!
l Love this game! Im over at my grade parents house and NO ONE here likes card games but for this card its fun and 1 player! Very fun would recommend 👍
I love this
i increased the difficulty by adding in a new joker in the middle as well and whatever side the old joker broke out of counts as another barrier that isn't 14 but 15.
I love this game! Thanks for sharing!
I use to play this game all the time when I was 9 :) so nostalgic 😭
thank you its an amazing game
Happy to hear that!
Excellent game you've made! Very much enjoy playing this card game
Very glad to hear it! Thanks for the motivating comment :)
SOOO FUN!!! THANK YOU!!
Very welcome! Glad you like it :)
im in quarantine thats why, now im addicted to this game
Obviously not a great situation, but I hope the game helps pass the time a bit :)