♠️ Solitaire (Klondike)

How to play

Klondike solitaire with a single-card draw. Seven columns are dealt with one to seven cards, only the bottom card of each face up, and the rest of the pack forms the stock. You build the four foundations up from Ace to King in suit and build the tableau downward in alternating colours to free the cards you need. The game is won when all four foundations hold thirteen cards.

• Click a face-up card — selects it. Clicking part way down a column selects that card and everything below it.
• Click a destination — attempts the move to a column or foundation. An illegal target just clears the selection.
• Click the stock — turns one card onto the waste. When empty it shows an arrow, and clicking it turns the waste back over.
• Click the waste pile — selects its top card.
• New Game button — deals a fresh layout and resets the move counter.

Scoring

There is no point score, only a move counter that rises by one for each legal move. Selecting, misclicking and turning stock cards all cost nothing. The four foundation slots are fixed to hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades from left to right, each starting with its Ace. A tableau card may only go on a card of the opposite colour and one rank higher, and only a King may enter an empty column. Exposed face-down cards turn over automatically.

Tips

• Prefer moves that expose a face-down card over moves that only shuffle face-up ones.
• Do not empty a column unless you have a King ready, since nothing else can occupy the space.
• The stock cycles indefinitely, so run through it as often as you like to find a card.
• Hold low cards back in the tableau where they help you build, rather than rushing every Ace and 2 to the foundations.

Frequently asked questions