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What is Klondike Solitaire?

Klondike Solitaire refers to the classic version of solitaire. It is known as Patience as well. When you hear the game Solitairein general it refers to Klondike Solitaire. You can learn to play with this video or watch below.

How to Play

Objective

To winyou want to place all the cards in the four foundation piles. These are the four empty areas at the top of the game. Each pile represents a different suit and should be filled in orderstarting with the Ace all the way to the King. You move cards into the foundation by dispensing cards from the stock pile and sequencing all cards in the tableau.

Available Moves and Play Area

1. On the top leftyou’ll see a stack of cards. This is called your stock pile. Each card is removed from the stockpile one at a timeor three at a timedepending on if you are playing Turn 1 or Turn 3. These cards can either go into the foundation or the tableauthe area where the cards are laid out in a staircase fashion below the stockpile.
2. Cards can be moved directly to the foundation if they are in the correct order. For exampleif you happen to have an Ace of Spades as the first card turned over from your stockpileyou can place that card on the foundation pile for Spades. If your second card is a 2 of Spades from the stock pileyou can then place that on top of the Ace of Spades in the foundation.
3. Cards from the stock pile can also be placed in the tableau. The tableau is the group of cards with the seven columnswith the last card of each column turned facing upand with each column having an additional card. Specificallythe first column has 1 cardthe second column has 2 cards and so on until the seventh columnwhich has 7 cards.
4. Stock pile cards can be placed below a card in the tableau if that card is of the opposite color and a number one rank higher. For examplelet’s say there is an 8 of Hearts in the third column of the tableau. Either a 7 of Spades or Clubs from the stock pile can be placed on top of it.
5. Similarlycards in the tableau can be moved around to other columns where there is a card of the opposite color and an incrementally higher number. This is called “building.” For exampleif the third column has a 3 of Clubsit can be moved to another column beneath a card that is either a 4 of Hearts or 4 of Diamonds. Remember that in each of the tableau columnsthe last card should always be flipped face-up. This means if there is a face down-card remaining after the 3 of Clubs is movedit should be turned upand it becomes another card you can build with.
6. Groups of turned-up cards can also be moved to on the tableau. For instanceif the last column has a 7 of Clubs6 of Heartsand 5 of Spades turned over in that orderthat group of cards can be moved beneath an 8 of Diamonds and Hearts in another column. The goal of moving cards in the tableau is to reveal additional cards.
7. As cards are revealed while you are “building” the tableauyou can move them into the foundationhelping you win the game. For exampleif the last card in a tableau column is the 8 of Diamondsand there is a 7 of Diamonds in the foundation pile for Diamondsyou can then move the 8 of Diamonds there. Doing this will reveal the next face-down card in the column if there are any cards left.
8. Lastlyif you find that a tableau column is emptyyou can move a King to that pile to help build the tableau and eventually move the cards to the correct foundation pile.
9. Once you’re able to move all the cards from the tableau and the stockpileyou’ve won!

For more informationcheck out our guide on how to play solitaire.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are other variations of the game?

If you like playing Klondike Solitaireyou should try Double Klondike Solitaire or Triple Klondike Solitaire. As the name suggeststhese games and rules are just like Klondikeexcept they have more decksa larger tableauand more foundation piles. While that may seem intimidatingthese games are considered easier because you have more cards to sequence and move around.

Is Turn 1 or Turn 3 easier? Which should I play?

Instead of drawing 1 card from the stock pile at a timeyou can draw 3 cards at a time. This is called Turn 3 Klondike Solitaire. Of the three cards that have been turnedyou can only play the first of the three. If you can play the first of the three cardsthen you can play the secondand then you can place the third. This means that your options are more limited.

Turn 1on the other handis an easier card game because you have the opportunity to place each subsequent card from the stock pile into the game. Your chances of winning a Turn 1 game is higher than Turn 3.

If you’re new to Solitairewe recommend playing Turn 1. As you get bettertry Turn 3 to make the game more challenging.

There are other variations of Turn 1 and Turn 3 too. You can limit the total number of passes you get by replaying the waste pile back into the stock pile. Some players limit it to one pass. This means that when you get to the last card in the stock pileif you can’t win the game by thenthe game is over.

All these variations are meant to create various degrees of difficultydepending on how hard of a game you want to play. On Solitairedwe allow for unlimited passes of the stock pilewhich is quite commonfor both turn 1 and turn 3 games.

What are the odds of winning Klondike Solitaire?

Looking at 2,898,974 games955,805 were wonmaking the odds of winning 33.0%. For Turn 3based on our datathe odds of winning are one third loweror 11.1%.

What are other Solitaire games to try like FreeCell and Spider Solitaire?

• Freecell
• Spider Solitaire
• Spider Solitaire 2 Suits
• Pyramid Solitaire
• TriPeaks Solitaire
• Addiction Solitaire
• Yahtzee

Why is the game called Klondike Solitaire?

The early origins of Solitaire date back to Germany in the 1780s. We know the game developed in popularity in GermanyFranceand later the rest of Europe around that time. During that time the game was called Patiencegiven that you need patience to win a game. Even to this dayPatience is still used to describe the gameespecially in Europe.

The term Klondike traces its history back to the gold rush of the late 1890s. Gold was discovered in the northwest region of Canadaor the Klondike area of the Yukon territorywhich triggered a rush of miners from the west coast of the United States.

It was a grueling journey where miners would have to carry over a year's worth of food supplies. To pass timeminers would play solitaireand the term Klondike Solitairewhich pays homage to the territorywas coined.