Solitaires Team
Solitaire stands out as a solo player’s game, unlike most card games, that necessitate a group for play. With simple Solitaire rules and board layout, setting up the game takes literally a minute, while it does not bore for hours. Let’s delve into its layout and joyfully embark on the entertainment it provides.
When people say "Solitaire", they often associate this word with one of the most popular and ancient types of Solitaires - Klondike Solitaire. Though there are many different types of Solitaire, in this article we will talk about the classic Solitaire Klondike layout that has 7 rows of “columns” on the playing board.
Klondike Solitaire features tableau piles, a stockpile, a waste pile, and foundation piles.
Let's see how to form 7 rows of cards for a classic Solitaire game, which you can play with a standard deck of cards. To form the game’s layout, take a traditional 52-card pack of cards, discard Joker cards, and shuffle the cards thoroughly.
Lay out the first seven cards of the desk in a row. For this purpose take the first card and put it face up to your left side. Put the next six cards in a row to the right of the first card, each face down. These seven cards are the groundwork for the tableau piles.
Now skip this card and deal the next card face up on the second pile so that it partially overlaps the face-down card. The next five cards are dealt face down on five cards left face down - also partially overlapping them.
Now we skip the first and second pile and put one card face up on the third pile. The next four cards we deal face down on four piles with cards left face down. The third pile is ready now.
Skip the first, second, and third piles with upper cards face up, deal one more card face up on the fourth pile, and proceed to deal cards face down on the next three piles.
Now deal a card face up on the fifth pile. Put the next two cards from the deck face down on the sixth and seventh piles.
Skip the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth pile, and deal a card face up on the sixth pile. Put the next card face down on the seventh pile.
Deal the card face up on the card on the last seventh pile.
Now your tableau zone is complete!
All the cards that are left go to a stockpile. Place them in a pile facing down in the top left corner above the tableau. You will draw cards from it during the game.
A waste pile is a pile where you place cards taken from a stockpile but not suitable to use in the game currently. Leave free space for it to the right of the stockpile.
The upper right corner is a place where you will set up cards in ascending order from ace to king during the game. They are put in four piles by suit. The game of Solitaire is won when all cards from tableau and stockpile are set here.
Now that the setup of Solitaire is ready – you can start the game! Try Solitaire with cards or enjoy our online version.
