Developer: Grey Alien Games
Publisher: Grey Alien Games
Release: 2024
Genre: Puzzle
Art Style: Drawing
Platforms: Steam, itch.io
Do you like twists to the classic solitaire setup? How about games with many challenges based on a specific mechanic and an interesting story? If yes, the Regency Solitaire II is the game for you!
It was developed by Grey Alien Games, a family indie dev based in the UK. This is the latest release, a direct follow-up to Regency Solitaire.
In this game we follow Bella in a story set in Regency Britain. After she successfully managed to organise a ball and get married as part of the first game, she now finds herself as the Lady of the house, her new goal being to create the most beautiful garden and host a tea party. But, as always, gossip and family intrigue are not too far away!
The game features mechanics similar to normal Solitaire, but rebuild in the form of challenges. You have a card available at the start and you start trying to gather cards from the main screen, but you can only pick one that is either +1 or -1 to the available card or the card you lastly picked. If you can pick no cards, then you draw a new one and hope it helps you. The aim here is to try and do combos of consecutive cards picked, the more the better.
Sometimes, you might earn some wild cards that could help you continue a combo, but it is your choice if you’d like to use them or not. Also, there are some powers that you slowly unlock by upgrading the garden with more equipment. These powers can help you by doing various things like discarding two random cards form the screen or even reshuffle everything so you may have a different set of cards to deal with.
All in all, Regency Solitaire II is a very straightforward game. The gameplay is relaxing, managing to get a big consecutive combo feels satisfying, there are many challenges to play throughout the game in various difficulties and the story offers and interesting background to the gameplay. If you’re looking for a good game, on the more casual side, you need look no further!
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