Klondike Solitaire

What is Klondike Solitaire?

Solitaire is a card game. Klondike Solitaire is the most popular variant of Solitaire. Players around the globe refer to the klondike solitaire variant as only solitaire. This game is popularly played on the computer.

Klondike Solitaire Online

What if you are trapped in a boring place, and want to pass your time? And you do not have friends with whom you can play a game. In such a situation, you can always play a card game on your desktop or smartphone. Klondike Solitaire is a fun card game that is played mostly on desktops. Let us find out a few facts about this game below. Let us have a look at how to play Klondike Solitaire?

How to Play Klondike Solitaire Game?

• To play the klondike game, a standard deck of cards is used. The 52 cards are used but the jokers from the card deck are excluded. After shuffling the cards, seven cards are laid from left to right.
   
• The placement or layout of these seven cards on the table is known as the 'tableau'. Starting from the left to right, there is one card extra as you move towards the right.

Let us see how to play klondike solitaire with the example below. For example, let us number the piles as 1-2-3-4-5-6-7.

1.  The first pile 1 will remain as it is.

2.  There will be one extra card on the second pile, that is, 2.

3.  Two cards on the third pile, that is, 3.

4.  Three extra cards on the fourth pile, that is, 4.

5.  Four extra cards on the fifth pile, that is, 5.

6.  Five cards on the sixth pile, that is, 6.

7.  Six extra cards on the seventh pile, that is, 7.

The first and left-most pile has only one upturned card. The second pile has two cards, one downturned and one upturned. The third pile has three cards, two downturned, one upturned, and so on until the seventh pile has seven cards six downturned, one upturned. The highest card is in each pile is turned face up. The stock is made up of the remaining cards, which are put face down in the upper left corner of the layout. Most of the players enjoy playing Klondike online games.

Klondike Rules

Let us have a look at the Klondike card game rules.

• The tableau piles can be built down by alternate colors, and the four foundations are built up by suit from Ace which are low in this game to the King.

• Any face-up card in a partial or complete tableau pile can be moved as a unit to another tableau pile based on its highest card.
   
• A King can be placed in any empty heap or pile of cards.
   
• The goal of the game is to build four stacks of cards of the same suit, beginning with Ace and ending with King, on one of the four foundations, at which point the player has won.

The rest of the deck can be dealt from stock to waste in a variety of ways, including the ones listed below:

• Turning three cards to the waste at once, with no limit on how many times you may go through the deck.
   
• With three passes through the deck, three cards are turned to waste at once.
   
• With three passes through the deck, one card at a time is turned to waste.
   
• Turning one card to the waste a time, with only one pass through the deck, and if possible, playing it.
   
• Turning one card to the waste at a time, with no limit on how many times you may go through the deck.
   
• If a player is unable to make meaningful moves, they will lose the game.

The above were the rules for cards in the Klondike Solitaire game. Let us now have a look at the scoring in this game.

How Does Scoring Work in Klondike Solitaire?

• 10 points are awarded for moving cards directly from the Waste stack to a Foundation.
   
• If the card is first moved to a Tableau, then to a Foundation, an additional 5 points are awarded, bringing the total to 15.
   
• As a result, no cards should be moved immediately from the Waste to the Foundation to achieve the highest possible score.
   
• If the Timed game option is selected in Windows Solitaire, time might also be a factor.
• Two points are deducted for every ten seconds of play.
   
• If the game takes at least 30 seconds, bonus points are calculated using the formula 20,000/ (seconds to finish) *35.
   
• There are no bonus points provided if the game is completed in less than 30 seconds.

Have a look at the table below for better clarification. The standard scoring for the solitaire game is given below.

Poker VS Klondike Solitaire

Poker

• Poker is a card game that is mostly played in casinos.
• Poker is a game of skills.
• Poker is played to win real money.

Klondike Solitaire

• Klondike Solitaire is an online card game that is played indoors, mostly played on laptops or smartphones.
   
• A few formulas and mathematics can help in winning the Klondike Solitaire game.
   
• Klondike Solitaire is played for leisure and not to win real money.

Both the games are entertaining. While Klondike Solitaire can rejuvenate you, poker is a game that you can play to improve your mental skills, get sharper, and win real money. You can play klondike solitaire online the same way you play online poker.

Play Online Poker and Win Real Money

In the olden days when there was a lack of technology, poker players used to travel to casinos to play the game. However, with the advent of the internet and a smarter lifestyle, the world of poker games also took a technological turn. Players can now play poker and win real money. Download the Spartan Poker official poker app on your smartphone and join any poker tournament of your choice. You can play with your friends or make new friends online and get a chance to win exciting prizes. Play online poker on the Spartan Poker app now!

Klondike Solitaire FAQs

Q.1)  Is Klondike a free game?

Yes. It is a free game that you can download from the web on your laptop or personal computer.

Q.2)  Is Klondike Solitaire always winnable?

You can say 82% of the time, Klondike Solitaire is solvable.

Q.3)  How do you play classic Klondike Solitaire?

• In the classic Klondike Solitaire game, seven cards are placed on the table from the left to right.
   
• One extra card is placed in the pile of cards as you move from left to right.
   
• You can find a single upturned card in the first and left-most pile.
   
• The second pile has two cards, one downturned and one upturned.
   
• The third pile has three cards, two downturned, one upturned, and so on until the seventh pile has seven cards six downturned, one upturned.
   
• The first card in every pile is faced up.
   
• The stock is made up of the remaining cards, which are put face down in the upper left corner of the layout.
   
• The goal of the game is simple. Players have to build four stacks of cards.
   
• The cards have to be all of the same suits, starting with Ace and ending with King.
   
• All the cards have to be placed on one of the four foundations, at which point the player will have won.