Learn Tri Peaks Solitaire: Tutorial

You can play any open peak card onto the waste pile if it is one rank higher or lower than the waste card. Suits and colours don't matter.

With the 7♥ on the waste, both the 6♠ and the 8♣ could go. The 8♣ was played, so it is now the card to play on, and the 9♦ fits next.

Tap a card to play it.

Keep playing for as long as the cards allow, up or down in any order: 8, 9, 10, or 8, 9, 8, 7. The cards you play one after another form a run.

A longer run scores more: its first card scores 1 point, the second 2, the third 3 and so on. This run of three is worth 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 points.

On the 10♦, the J♠ is next.

Every card higher up is overlapped by the two cards below it. It turns face up as soon as both of them are gone, and then you can play it.

Playing the 8♣ and the Q♥ freed the J♦ above them, so it turned over. Now both the J♦ and the K♣ fit on the Q♥.

Tip: when you have a choice, prefer the card that opens up new ones.

Ranks go round the corner: a King and an Ace are next to each other, so a run can go Q, K, A, 2 or come down from 2 to A to K.

On the K♣, the A♠ can be played. A Queen would fit too.

To play without this, choose No wrap in the game setup. Then nothing follows a King upwards and nothing goes below an Ace.

When no open card fits, tap the stock to turn its top card onto the waste pile. That card becomes the one to play on.

Here nothing fits on the 2♦, because no Ace or 3 is open. Turning the stock brings up the 5♦, and then the 6♠ or the 4♥ can go.

Each turn costs 5 points and ends your run, so the next card you play scores 1 point again. You may turn the stock at any time, but you go through it only once: there is no second pass.

Taking the top card of a peak earns a bonus: 15 points for the first peak and for the second, and 30 for the third.

The Q♣ at the top of the first peak has just turned face up and fits on the K♦. Playing it scores 2 for the run plus 15 for the peak.

You win as soon as all 28 peak cards are cleared, even with cards still in the stock.

When the stock is empty and no open card fits on the waste card, the game is over. Here the 6♥ can't go on the 10♠ and the stock has run out, so four cards stay in the peaks.

Tips:

- Look ahead: check which cards each play opens up before you choose.

- Play first, turn later: play every card that fits before you turn the stock.

- Stuck? Use Hint, or Undo to try another way.

Good luck!