FOUR OF HEARTS · THE CARD TABLE

Palace

One table. Three layers. A hidden finish.

A game that turns a simple invitation into one more round. Clear your hand, work through your reserve, and trust the last cards you cannot see.

2–4 playersBots · online alpha · browser play
Palace: Actual Samsung app screenshot; system bars cropped
Actual Samsung app screenshot; system bars cropped. Names and scores shown belong to this captured test game. View full-size image ↗

HOW IT PLAYS

A few rules. A table full of possibilities.

01

Match or beat

Play the same rank or higher. Matching cards can go together; if you cannot play, pick up the pile.

02

Keep a power card

A two resets, a seven asks for seven or lower, an eight is transparent, and a ten burns the pile.

03

Reach the hidden finish

Empty your hand, then your face-up reserve. Your final face-down cards turn a careful plan into a surprise.

THE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE

Pull up a chair.

The app offers one to three bots or automatic seating at an online ranked table. The tested online flow handles joining, readying, and play without a room-code hunt. Private invitations and community features are still ahead.

WHAT CARRIES FORWARD

The score has a story.

The app keeps separate People and Bots ratings on the device. Online games can reconnect during an active session. A lasting cloud ranking and a career shared across devices are still ahead. The website saves one local bot game in this browser.

Current availability

App in private testing. Online play has passed focused phone-and-browser checks; recovery from interrupted service is still being improved. The complete website game below is local play against bots.

THE WORKSHOP · Palace

From the developers

What we’re building, what we’re improving, and what made us laugh.

On the workbench

Design direction

Same starting cards. Same challenge. Different decisions—and, ideally, an increasingly suspicious look at the move you made three turns ago.

Availability: One complete local browser game; the app remains in private founder review.

Older updates for Palace

Site settings

Make the site comfortable.

Language and table-name choices are not stored. The complete Palace browser game stores its progress and sound/motion choices only on this device. A privacy-choice cookie is used only if you ask us to remember that optional cookies must stay off.

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