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What Is Double Solitaire?

Double Solitaire, also known as Double Klondike or Gargantua, is Klondike Solitaire dealt from two shuffled decks. Fifty-five cards become ten columns of growing length, from one card to ten, and the remaining forty-nine stay in the stock. Instead of four foundations there are eight - two for every suit - and each of them still runs from Ace to King. Every rule of the classic game holds: you build down in alternating colours on the table, you move a King into an empty column, and you turn the stock one card at a time.

What changes is the shape of the game. With twice the cards there are twice as many legal moves at any moment, so a position that looks stuck in single-deck Klondike often has a way out here. The flip side is bookkeeping: two black Kings, two red Aces, and eight piles to keep in mind at once.

How to Play Double Solitaire?

The objective is to move all 104 cards onto the eight foundations, each sorted by suit from Ace to King. Cards travel from the table and the waste pile to the foundations, and back down onto the table when a sequence needs building.

Ten columns are dealt in a staircase, one to ten cards, and an eleventh column starts empty. Only the top card of each column starts face up.
On the table, build down in alternating colours: a red 9 takes a black 8 or a black 10 takes it in turn. Sequences move together when they are properly ordered.
An empty column takes a King, or a sequence that starts with one.
The eight foundations start with Aces and build up by suit. Two decks mean two foundations per suit, and either Ace of a suit can open either pile.
Click the stock to turn one card at a time. When it runs out, the waste pile returns to it, and you can go through it as many times as you need.
The game is won when all eight foundations are complete, from Ace to King.

How to Win Double Solitaire?

Two decks give you more moves, not fewer decisions. These are the habits that turn the extra room into wins.

Uncover face-down cards first. A move that reveals a new card is worth more than one that only tidies the table, and with ten columns there are more hidden cards to free.
Do not rush cards to the foundations. A 6 sent up early can be the card a 5 needed on the table; with two of every card, holding one back costs less than you think.
Keep an empty column for a King, and remember there are eight Kings in play. Filling the only free column with the wrong one is the most common way to stall.
Work the longest column down. The tenth column hides nine cards, and nothing opens up until they do.