Safe Entertainment with Online Card Games and More

The physical restrictions brought about by the pandemic heavily affected people’s access to entertainment. With safety and health protection becoming everyone’s priority, it is not surprising that most prefer to play safe at home. Keeping one’s self entertained while trying to survive these challenging times has become as important as working, eating, and sleeping, if one is to achieve the mental balance everyone aims for.

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Safe entertainment at the comfort of one’s own home can be found with online card games and more at Solitaire.org. Playing the free online games not only succeeds in inducing stress relief. The games also manage to encourage cognitive skills development which in adult perception may not be easily acceptable as possible during play.

Let me share with you some of the games I found most engaging when I tried the games:

Letter Scramble

Letter Scramble was an expected choice for me. I find genuine joy and satisfaction in forming words from the given letters. The game is very similar to scrabble with the usual time limit that comes with online games. It is interesting to note that scrabble was conceived during the Great Depression as a distraction for the bleak economic times. That is not very unlike our current times where most people could benefit from momentary distraction from the daily grind.

The game has three levels. Players must progressively form more words at each level. I enjoy the game but I would definitely enjoy it more if there more levels to play.

Candy House

Drawing inspiration from Candy Crush, Candy House is as equally addictive and relaxing. It has been many years since the former was launched but it shows every sign of staying. Candy House has a similar appeal.

Players have to go through 50 levels consisting of different layout designs. Unlike my first game choice, I almost wished there were less levels to hurdle. On second thought though, the number of levels and progressing degree of difficulty are just right for an engaging but fun game.

Pyramid Solitaire

I’m a true novice in playing Solitaire but quickly got the hang of it. In terms of relaxing enjoyment, I found myself drawn to Pyramid Solitaire the most. It is not only because I actually won while playing but the satisfaction derived from clearing the pyramid of cards is simply real. Talk about simple joys in life.

The rules of the game are easy to understand. Basically, players need to remove the cards on the pyramid by matching cards to add up to thirteen. The game is lost when another move is no longer possible and there are still remaining cards on the pyramid.

My Say

I used to think that online games are not enjoyable but learned the opposite when I tried it. If there is one thing that I have learned from the pandemic situation the world is currently in, is that it possible to enjoy activities without leaving home. Enjoying life need not be complicated or dangerous. It can be as simple and safe as playing online games to give our minds a rest from the everyday struggles or monotony.