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Solitaire
Classic Klondike patience game
- 1 player
- 5–15 min
- DifficultyEasy
How to play
- Build foundation piles A to K by suit
- Build tableau columns in descending alternating colors
- Draw cards from the stock pile
- Move all cards to foundations to win
Questions
Move all 52 cards to the four foundation piles, building each from Ace to King by suit.
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.
Complete all four foundation piles (Ace through King in each suit). If you get stuck with no moves and no draws, the game is lost.
Move cards between tableau columns, building down in alternating colors (red on black, black on red). Only Kings (or sequences starting with a King) can be placed in empty tableau columns. When a face-down card is exposed, turn it face up.
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).