VariantsKlondike

About Klondike

Named after a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada, Klondike became popular during the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896 and has remained a favorite ever since.

The Layout

Klondike-style games have four elements in common:

Tableau Stacks: Formed from a combination of face-down and face-up cards
Deck: Filled at the start of the game with any remaining cards
Wastepile: Cards are dealt to here from the Deck, and
Foundation Piles: Cards are added here to win the game

To Win

The goal of Klondike-style games is to build each Foundation Pile in ascending value from Ace to King, with all cards in a Pile sharing the same suit.

e.g. A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K (all Diamonds)

Foundation Rules

Only 1 card at a time may be played to (or from) a Foundation Pile.

Building within the Tableau

The Tableau Stacks are used to manage the cards so that they can eventually be moved to the Foundation Piles. Only face-up cards are playable.

Sequences of cards in descending value can be built within the Tableau. (e.g. Q-J-10-9-8-7)

A single card or a sequence can be moved from one Tableau Stack to another, as long as the above rules are followed.

Only a King, or a group of cards headed by a King, can be placed on an empty Tableau Stack.

Dealing

Clicking on the Deck will deal up to three cards at a time to the Wastepile. When empty, the Deck can be restocked any number of times, providing more opportunities for you to play those cards.
Keyboard Shortcut: spacebar

Moving Cards from the Wastepile

The front-most card in the Wastepile can be played to either the Foundation Piles or the Tableau Stacks, as long as the above building rules are followed.
Keyboard Shortcut: return