[b]solitaire call of honor[/b] (or the other way round, according to the title screen) is a typical +1/-1 solitaire in a typical fantasy setting. mandatory tutorial messages teach the basics, in case you were born yesterday. annoyingly, they keep coming up if you retry levels they're introduced on.
[b]200 levels[/b] unlocked one by one, 3-star rating for no particular reason. besides collecting gold, you'll also do [b]quests[/b], mostly needing [b]resources to improve your land[/b]. they're collected from levels and used to erect various buildings for cosmetic and story reasons, the map gets nicely filled up by the end. there are [b]character bios[/b], a love triangle and a kingdom to protect. [b]wallpapers and 10 jigsaws using the same images[/b] are also unlocked with progression.
[b]a bigger than usual variety of blocking mechanics[/b], some are pretty frustrating, but they're largely the same, only differing in their appearance. wildcards are rare but only 4 of them can be held and they have to be collected manually. [b]sometimes other helpers appear briefly on some cards[/b], if you can match them, they'll turn over a card, give more money or cards, etc. not a fan of the act quick element, but it's the dev's pet mechanic. they could make the markings smaller at least, instead of covering most of the card.
money is spent on 'equipment', meaning [b]jokers and various power-ups[/b], such as shuffle, remove a card, what have you. they become available at certain levels, then can be used once between each [b]cooldown, based on the number of cards played[/b]. buying the ones in the shop means you can use them twice before the cooldown kicks in. can't get more undos or cards per level, always a bummer, but I was surprised to find that power-ups also work on covered and blocking cards.
the usual casual-colorful presentation with surprisingly good music in the main menu. separate volume settings, windowed mode (smaller, non-resizable), custom cursor and a few card backs and fronts are available also while playing, but not from the map, which doesn't have level numbers either.
it's okay overall, but lackluster power-ups make it somewhat less enjoyable than many other games in the genre. there's also the [b]occasional bug[/b]. level 35 showed the wrong card on top in one stack, made all the more annoying with only one undo to figure out what's actually above it. though when I kept clicking, it eventually let me take the correct card, and power-ups can help there as well.
I also had to edit the save to have enough of one of the resources after I failed to find the levels again that provided them (some leaves near the wood-cutter's house, had 45, needed 50). it shouldn't have been an issue, 3-starring everything provided enough of everything else.
