Castle Panic: The Wizard’s Tower - Tips & Strategies

On average, Wizard Cards are more powerful than regular action cards, so whenever possible use the discard and draw to add these to your hand. A well-placed wizard card can get you out of a really tight spot.

The Basilisk is a particularly brutal boss when playing with fewer players (1-2, maybe 3) – since he limits the ability to get the necessary cards to the player taking a turn. In the solitaire game, it can basically make winning impossible. I suggest that when the basilisk is in play that the player only be limited to 1 discard/draw action, rather than being completely prohibited. Another option is to eliminate the Basilisk monster token from the available bosses for solitaire games, but I would rather tweak him to his normal strength than eliminate him.
Added: In the solitaire game, the player is permitted 2 trades with the deck. Presumably 1 of these is to represent the normal game rule of 1 trade and the other is to replace the inter-player trade allowed in a multi-player game. In a multi-player game the Basilisk only blocks 1 of these 2 trades, but both in solo play.

After removing the required monsters from the base game to play The Wizards Tower put them in a separate container so you don’t have to remove them the next time you play.