Open the tableau
Build columns downward in alternating red and black suits. Only Kings can fill an empty column.
Classic table · Draw one
Klondike Solitaire
A calm, classic game with unlimited passes through the deck. No account needed — your progress stays on this device.
- Time
- 00:00
- Moves
- 0
- Home
- 0/52
Drag cards into place, or tap a card and then its destination. Tap the same top card twice to send it home.
How to play
Build down. Send suits home.
Use the stock
Draw one card at a time. When the stock is empty, turn the waste over and keep going. Easy deals are solver-verified and guaranteed solvable.
Complete four suits
Build each foundation upward from Ace to King. Its top card can return to the tableau when it follows the alternating-color rule.
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Draw-one Klondike rules and strategy
How to play Klondike Solitaire on MirthTable
This table uses a relaxed draw-one Klondike ruleset with unlimited stock passes. Build the tableau downward in alternating colours, uncover hidden cards, and move every suit from Ace through King to the foundations.
Place a card on the opposite colour one rank higher, put only a King or King-led run into an empty column, and build each foundation upward by suit. A top foundation card may legally return to the tableau when it creates a valid alternating-colour move.
Core rules used here
Tableau
Build downward by rank while alternating red and black. A correctly ordered face-up run can move together.
Stock
Turn one card at a time. When the stock is empty, recycle the waste and continue; this version allows unlimited passes.
Foundations
Start each suit with its Ace, then build upward to King. Only the top foundation card can move back.
Common reasons a move fails
- The colours matchA red Jack needs a black Queen; it cannot land on a red Queen.
- The empty column has no KingOnly a King or a sequence beginning with a King can enter an empty tableau column.
- The visible run is brokenEvery card in a moved group must already descend by one and alternate colour.
Useful strategy
- Reveal hidden cards firstPrefer a move that turns over a face-down card over a harmless foundation move.
- Keep both colours availableAvoid sending every low card home if it removes a needed landing place from the tableau.
- Use foundation rollback deliberatelyBring a foundation top back only when it exposes a hidden card or releases a useful sequence.
Klondike questions players ask
Can a foundation card move back to the tableau?
Yes. The top foundation card can return if it lands on an opposite-colour card one rank higher.
How many cards are drawn from the stock?
This MirthTable ruleset draws one card at a time and permits unlimited stock passes.
What can fill an empty column?
Only a King or a valid descending, alternating-colour run led by a King.
Is every deal guaranteed solvable?
Easy deals are solver-verified. Standard deals are not guaranteed, and even a solvable opening can be blocked by a poor route.
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