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Solitaire
Classic Klondike patience game
- 1 player
- 5–15 min
- DifficultyEasy
Free·No sign-up·21 languages
How to play
- 1Build four foundations, one per suit, from Ace up to King.
- 2In the columns, place a card on one a rank higher and of the opposite color.
- 3Turn cards from the stock when you need more; only a King fills an empty column.
- 4Move every card to the foundations to win.
Questions
Move all 52 cards to the four foundation piles, building each from Ace to King by suit. Complete all four foundation piles (Ace through King in each suit). As soon as no card can reach the foundations, be turned face up or come off the stock and waste any more, the game is lost, whatever the passes left.
Deal 28 cards into 7 tableau columns: 1 card in column 1 (face up), 2 in column 2 (top face up), etc. The remaining 24 cards form the stock pile. Four empty foundation spaces await Aces.
Always play Aces and Twos to foundations immediately - they never help in tableau. Expose face-down cards whenever possible - they reveal new options. Don't empty a tableau column unless you have a King to fill it.
Draw-1: Easier, turning one stock card at a time. Draw-3: Standard/hard, turning three cards at a time. Vegas scoring: -$52 to start, +$5 per foundation card. Limited passes through stock. Thoughtful Solitaire: All cards visible (perfect information variant).