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Gold prospectors in the area are rumored to have created it and/or popularize it.ĭespite being highly popular ever since the Solitaire Klondike only reached the masses on a large scale after it was included in Microsoft’s Windows 3.0 in 1990. Regardless of its birthplace, the most well-known version of the game, Klondike, is said to have appeared by the end of the 19th century in Canada, in the gold rush region of Klondike. The origins of Solitaire are still a source of debate among historians with many pointing to 19th century France and Germany while others believe its emergence is linked to the spread of the art of divination in Eastern Europe. It is also possible for more players to engage in the game with each taking turns making a move or through a competition to find who can solve the tableau more efficiently. Despite its many variants depending on the disposition of the cards on the tableau, the goal is always to organize and collect the cards in a set order in as few moves as possible and in the quickest time.

Solitaire, also known as Patience in many countries, is a single-player card game. The Klondike by Threes is the difficult mode of the game, as it prevents the players from using all the cards in the Stock pile in one go. The Solitaire Klondike itself has two game modes, depending on how the cards on the Stock pile are dealt: This is the game that became so widespread thanks to its inclusion in Windows 3.0 back in 1990 and that has since turned into a symbol of procrastination at work, thanks to its popularity among office workers. Nevertheless, whenever Solitaire is mentioned everyone immediately thinks about one variant: the Klondike. There are several variants included in this category, some of which share nothing with the others except for the use of cards to play them. In reality, the name Solitaire does not refer to a specific game. Young and old alike can appreciate the peacefulness this game provides, so suitable when it comes to clearing their minds and winding down in a moment of stress.


The deck can be dealt three times.Solitaire is one of the most popular card games in the world. When there are no cards to shift after dealing three cards the next three cards are dealt until the deck is empty.Īfter the deck has run out, take the remaining cards, turn them face down and, without shuffling, begin to deal them again. If it can be moved to one of the main foundations or a game card of any column, then the card lying under it becomes a game card, etc. The last deal may contain one or two cards. Three cards are dealt from the deck at the same time. When all possible and reasonable moves have been made, the cards remaining in the deck begin to be dealt. You can put a king or multiple cards starting with a king on a completely disassembled column. When a game card or multiple cards are moved to another column, the face down card of the initial figure lying under it is turned face up and becomes a playing card. It is possible to move playing cards from column to column only in descending order, with alternating colours both by one card and by a few cards at a time. The game begins with the moving of the aces to the main row and subsequent cards of the corresponding suit if they are among the playing ones. The game cards are all bottom face-up cards, column cards and the top stack card. The goal of the game is to collect all four suits in ascending order up to and including kings on the aces that are laid out in the main row during the game. There is some space left for 4 cards of the main row. The top cards of the vertical piles are face up. The first row has 7 cards, the second one has 6 cards and so on to the last row containing one card. Klondike Solitaire uses 52 playing cards (one deck).ħ horizontal rows of cards are laid out in the form of a right-angled triangle with one vertex downward.
