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About Klondike Solitaire

Klondike is the solitaire everyone means by 'solitaire' — the one that shipped with Windows and taught a generation to drag cards with a mouse. Seven tableau columns, a stock pile to turn, and four foundations built up in suit from ace to king.

The tableau builds downward in alternating colours, so a red six goes on a black seven, and only a king can move into an empty column. Everything else follows from those two rules; the difficulty is entirely in the cards you can't see yet.

How to play Klondike Solitaire

Move a card

Drag it, or click the card then its destination

Draw

Click the stock pile

Send to foundation

Double-click a card

Undo

The undo button

1. Build the four foundations up in suit, ace first and king last.
2. In the tableau, stack downward in alternating colours.
3. Move ordered runs together; only kings fill an empty column.
4. Turn the stock when you run out of moves.
5. Clear all 52 cards to win.

Klondike Solitaire tips

• Turn over face-down cards before anything else — a hidden card is a move you don't have.
• Don't rush aces and twos to the foundation; low cards are often needed in the tableau.
• Only empty a column when you have a king ready to fill it.
• Draw from the stock before committing to a move you can't undo — the stock often changes which move is best.

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