Klondike Solitaire
About Klondike Solitaire
Klondike Solitaire, also known as Solitaire or Patience, is the world’s best-known and most popular Solitaire game! Simple to learn and soothing to play, it is the perfect card game for relaxing after a long day.
To win the game, you must build up four stacks of cards, starting with Ace and working up to King, in each of the four suits. Each new hand is dealt at random and presents a new challenge!
Choose between the standard three card draw, or one card. Three card draw games are more difficult as two thirds of your cards are blocked from play until those above them have been used.
Quickfire Rules
Klondike Solitaire is completed by moving all 52 cards from the playing area into the four foundation spaces at the top of the screen, in order from Ace (low) to King (high). One foundation is available for each suit. To do this, players must make piles of cards in consecutive order and alternating red and black, to reveal other cards hidden below.
These cards can be moved from other piles, or from the stock. Once a face down card is revealed in a pile it is then turned face up and can consequently be moved into other piles, or the foundation. Empty piles can be filled with a King. When no face up cards in the piles can be moved, players may turn over cards from the stock, either in groups of three or one at a time (see Settings). Face up stock cards can be moved into piles, or directly into the foundations. When all the stock cards have been turned over, they can be recycled – turned face down again and redrawn.
Be aware, completing the game is not always possible!
Klondike Solitaire Terms
Foundations: The four spaces at the top of the screen, where cards are migrated in order from Ace to King to complete each suit, and then the game.
Piles: Seven piles of cards are made in the playing area. Only the top card of each pile is face up to start.
Stock: Cards not yet included in piles, at the top of the screen. Turned over throughout the game.
Talon: Cards turned over from the Stock, either in groups of three or singly. The top card may be added to a pile or directly to the foundations.