Play TriPeaks Solitaire Online

What Is TriPeaks Solitaire?

TriPeaks Solitaire, also spelled Tri Peaks, is a card game from the same family as Pyramid Solitaire, but it plays nothing like it. Twenty-eight cards are dealt into three peaks of four rows, and the bottom row is shared between neighbours, so the peaks are joined rather than separate. The remaining twenty-four cards form the stock. Instead of pairing cards up to a total, you build one long run: any uncovered card that is one rank above or below the top of the waste pile can be taken, and the run continues from there. Suits do not matter at all, which is why the game moves so fast.

How to Play Online TriPeaks Solitaire?

The objective of TriPeaks Solitaire is to clear all twenty-eight cards from the three peaks. You take cards from the table onto the waste pile, and each one has to be a neighbour in rank of the card lying there. When nothing fits, you turn a card from the stock and carry on from the new top card.

Now that we have covered the goal of free TriPeaks Solitaire, here are the rules.

• You can take a card only if it is one rank above or below the top card of the waste pile. A 7 takes a 6 or an 8; suits are ignored.
• The ranks are a closed circle: an Ace takes a King or a 2, and a King takes a Queen or an Ace. This is the rule that separates TriPeaks from Pyramid Solitaire, where the King has no neighbour.
• You can take only fully uncovered cards - a card with nothing lying on top of it. Cards in the base row are open from the start; the rest are face down until both cards covering them are gone.
• Tap the stock to turn the next card when no card on the table fits. The stock holds twenty-four cards.
• When the stock runs out, the waste pile returns to it once, so you get a second pass through the same cards.
• The game ends when the last peak card is gone, which is a win, or when the stock is empty and no card on the table fits, which is a loss.

How to Win Free TriPeaks Solitaire?

Every deal you get here is solvable - the deals are checked by a solver before they reach you - so a loss means a wrong turn rather than bad luck. These habits keep you out of them.

• Take the card that opens another one. Two cards may both fit the waste pile, but only one of them is holding a face-down card. The other just changes the top card and leaves the table where it was.
• Work the peaks down, not across. Uncovering a peak card needs both cards below it gone, so spending your run on the base row leaves three peaks standing over an empty bottom.
• Look one card ahead before you break a chain. A run of five is worth more than the first card of it, and the card you leave on the waste pile decides what the next stock card can connect to.
• Keep the second pass in mind. Turning the stock early is cheap while cards remain; near the end, the order you left them in is all you have.

Other Types of Free Solitaire Games

TriPeaks is the fastest of the family, built on chains and quick decisions. The other games trade that speed for depth.

Klondike Solitaire

Klondike Solitaire is perhaps the most recognized version. This game utilizes one deck, arranging the cards into seven tableau columns that progressively increase in length.

Spider Solitaire

Spider Solitaire stands out with its requirement to play with two standard decks (104 cards) and its unique gameplay. Unlike other Solitaire games, it involves ten tableau columns.

FreeCell Solitaire

FreeCell Solitaire is renowned for being a game predominantly based on skill, with most of its deals being solvable. What makes it unique are the four free cells - spaces where players can temporarily store cards, providing strategic depth to the game.

Pyramid Solitaire

Pyramid Solitaire shares the peak-shaped layout and the rule that only uncovered cards can be taken, but its matches are pairs adding up to 13 rather than a running chain.