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How To Play Solitaire

Solitaire is a one-player card game where you try to move all your cards into four foundation piles.

Objective

Your challenge is to move all 52 cards into four foundation piles - one for each suit, building each in ascending order from Ace through King.

You win the game when every card has been removed from the tableau and transferred to its corresponding foundation.

Solitaire Setup

The table in has seven columns. The first starts with one card, the second with two cards, and so on to the seventh, which starts with seven cards. The remaining cards are face down in the top left corner. You can click on them to turn over one card at a time.

There are four foundations at the top, which start off empty. When an ace is uncovered it can be played onto the foundations. Cards of the same suit may be placed onto each ace in ascending order from low to high.

On the tableau, cards are played by alternating colors in descending order from high to low. If a column gets cleared and becomes empty, then you can move any visible king to fill that space.

Card Layout

The layout of the cards in klondike solitaire involves four areas.

Tableau: The tableau is the main area of gameplay with 28 cards laid out in seven columns of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 cards. The card at the end of each column is turned face up.

Stock: The cards that are left after setting up the tableau are placed face-down on the stock pile.

Waste: Any card you flip from the stock is moved face-up onto the waste pile.

Foundations: The goal is to play all cards to the four foundations in the upper right of the screen. Build them by suit, starting with the Ace and ending with the King.

Layout for solitaire klondike turn one

Strategies to Win Solitaire

Dramatically increase your win rate by trying these strategies:

Draw the first stockpile card early It may let you create a sequence which then helps to reveal another card

Uncover face-down cards Face-down cards cannot be moved so uncover them when you can to unlock new plays

Clear longer columns first There will be important face-down cards that you need whereas shorter columns are easier to clear

Start foundations early Move Aces and other low-value cards to the foundation piles as soon as possible

Empty columns Clear columns on the tableau ready for when a king becomes available

Use the undo button Make good use of unlimited undos to try different moves

Difference between Klondike Turn 1 and Turn 3

In turn 1 klondike, one card at a time is turned over from the stock. In turn 3 klondike, three cards are turned over and you can only play the top card, which makes it a harder game.

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