Objective
Move all 52 cards to the four foundation piles, building each foundation up by suit from Ace to King.
Setup
- 7 tableau columns are dealt with 1–7 cards (left to right). Only the top card of each column starts face-up.
- The remaining cards form the stock (face-down). The waste pile starts empty.
Piles (what each area is)
- Stock: face-down draw pile (click to draw up to 3 cards at once).
- Waste: face-up pile of drawn cards (only the top card is playable, even though up to 3 are visible).
- Foundations: four suit piles (Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs) built up from Ace → King.
- Tableau: 7 columns where most play happens; cards build down in alternating colors.
Allowed moves
- Tableau builds: place a card onto a tableau column if it is one rank lower and the opposite color (example: 8♥ on 9♣). Empty tableau columns accept Kings only.
- Move stacks: you can move a face-up sequence of cards between tableau columns only if that whole sequence is a valid descending, alternating-color run.
- Foundations: place a card onto a foundation if it is the same suit and one rank higher (Ace starts an empty foundation).
- From waste: only the top waste card can be moved to a foundation or to a tableau column.
- From foundations: you can move the top card of a foundation back to a tableau column if legal.
- Flip: when a tableau column's top card is face-down, you can flip it face-up.
Stock / redeal (Draw 3)
- Click Stock to draw up to 3 cards to Waste at once. Only the top waste card is playable.
- When Stock is empty, clicking it recycles the entire Waste back into Stock (reversed and face-down). This can be done any number of times.
- Because three cards are drawn at once, useful cards are often buried under two unplayable ones — plan ahead before drawing.
Playing your cards
- Drag and drop: drag a card (or valid stack) to a tableau column or foundation.
- Double-click / double-tap: attempts an automatic move for the selected top card (to a foundation if possible; otherwise to the first legal tableau column).
- Undo and redo: both sit in the HUD, and neither is limited — you can walk a game all the way back.
- Keyboard: H asks for a hint, U undoes and R redoes, with no modifier key. Cmd/Ctrl+Z and Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z (or Ctrl+Y on Windows) work too.
- Hint: suggests a legal move when one exists.
- Auto-finish: once the stock and waste are empty and every tableau card is face-up, the outcome is settled — one click sends the rest to the foundations.
Saving and sharing
- Your progress auto-saves locally in the browser and restores if you refresh or reopen the tab.
- Use Share to copy a short link that recreates the same starting deal (seed-based).
More card games on Solitarium
If you like Klondike, these play well next to it.
Sources and further reading
These references informed the rules on this page.