Klondike (solitaire)

Probably the best-known solitaire, long before it hit computer screens as part of a standard software package, is known as klondike in the United States and (mistakenly) canfield in Britain. —David Parlett, Britannica, solitaire. Retrieved on May 31st, 2022.

According to Microsoft telemetry, Solitaire was among the three most-used Windows programs (...) ahead of Word and Microsoft Excel. —Wikipedia, Klondike. Retrieved on May 31st, 2022.

For now, when the work, and still more the worries, of life have so enormously increased and multiplied, the value of a pursuit interesting enough to absorb the attention without unduly exciting the brain, and so giving the mind a rest, as it were, a breathing space wherein to recruit its faculties, is becoming more and more recognised and appreciated. —Whitmore Jones, "Games of patience for one or more players", 1898. As quoted by Jimmy Maher, The Games of Windows, August 24 2018. Retrieved on May 31st, 2022.

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Gameplay

• The goal of the game is to move ("build") all cards to the foundation, sorted by suit (diamonds, clubs, hearts, spades) and in ascending order (A-K).

• Cards can be moved from the stock to the waste either 1-by-1 or 3-by-3, depending on the mode of play.

• The top card from the waste is always available to move to either the tableau or directly to the foundation.

• Cards can be temporarily placed ("packed") in the tableau alternating color (red-black) and in descending order (K-A).

• Any number of cards can be moved between columns in the tableau as long as both the color alternation and the descending order are preserved.

• A closed card in the tableau can only be opened after removing all the cards that are partially covering it.

• When all the cards in the stock have been moved to the waste, they can be re-dealt either an infinite number of times, two times, or zero times, depending on the mode of play.

Features

• No ads. Play without interruptions.

• No subscriptions. Buy once, not once every month.

• No in-app purchases. No nickel-and-diming.

• No notifications. No annoyances.

• No online interactions. Child safe. Granny safe.

• No data collection of any kind. Ever.

• No unlocks. All modalities of play immediately available.

• Flight ready. Fully playable in airplane mode.

• Portrait, landscape and split screen on iPad 5th gen and later. Portrait-only on iPhone.

• Unlimited undo/redo. Freely explore your options!

A winning hand