Rules
Klondike Solitaire · Rules
Seven tableau columns, a stock and four foundations are used; the number of cards drawn can be configured.
Objective
Move all 52 cards to four foundations from ace to king, in the same suit.
Deal and setup
Seven tableau columns, a stock and four foundations are used; the number of cards drawn can be configured.
How to play — step by step
- Seven columns, with the last card of each face up. Build down in alternating red and black in the columns. You may move an entire valid sequence.
- An empty column accepts only a king or a sequence starting with a king. Build the four foundations from A to K in the same suit.
- Draw one or three cards according to the setting. You may recycle the waste unlimited times when the stock runs out. Each foundation card is worth 10 points. A random deal may be unsolvable.
- When you uncover a face-down card, click it to turn it over yourself. Cards from the stock are also turned only on your instruction.
- Undo spends one available bonus, up to three uses per game. Hints only suggest a legal move. In Klondike and FreeCell, double-clicking an available card moves it to the correct foundation if the rules allow it.
Important rules to remember
Play example
Place a red queen on a black king in the tableau. But a foundation needs the same suit in ascending order, starting with the ace.
Key terms
- tableau
- Main columns or layout of cards
- foundation
- Target piles for finished sequences
- stock
- Undealt cards used during play