Draw one · no timer · US$ 0 / KSh 0

How to play large-print Klondike

Klondike is the solitaire most people mean when they say “solitaire.” The rules below are the traditional ones, for the draw-one, no-timer game on this site and in the Android app. They are not a new game we invented, and they are not a licensed video-game rulebook.

The layout

A standard 52-card deck is used, without jokers. After the shuffle you should see:

• The tableau: seven columns. The first has one card, the second two, up to seven in the last column. Only the top card of each column is face up at the start; the cards under it are face down.
• Four foundations: empty at the start, one destined for each suit, built from ace to king.
• The stock: the remaining cards, face down.
• The waste: empty at the start; cards turned from the stock land here.

The goal

Move every card onto the foundations, each suit from ace through king (A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K). When all 52 cards are on the foundations, the deal is won.

Tableau play

On the tableau, a card may be placed on another card that is one rank higher and of the opposite colour: a red 6 on a black 7, a black queen on a red king, and so on. A run of such cards may be moved together if the version allows moving a sequence — ours does, when the sequence is already in order. When a face-down card is uncovered, it is turned face up. An empty column may be filled only by a king, or by a sequence that starts with a king.

The stock, in this version

This is draw one: each turn from the stock reveals a single card onto the waste. The top waste card is available to play to the tableau or to a foundation. When the stock is empty, the waste can be turned over to form a new stock. In this version there is no limit on how many times you may do that, and there is no penalty for it. (Other published Klondike variants are draw three, or they allow only three passes through the stock. Those are not this game.)

What we deliberately left out

• There is no timer. The game waits.
• There are no coins, no lives, and no purchase required to deal a new game.
• You can undo.
• Letters and ranks are in large type, which is the point of the Android app.

The same site also describes FreeCell in the Android app; the free web table today is Klondike. The app’s Klondike is the same draw-one, no-timer rules.

The Android app

Large-Print Solitaire is free to play (US$ 0 / KSh 0). Optional Remove ads is about US$ 6.99 (about KSh 908; KSh at 129.91 = US$ 1, Central Bank of Kenya, 6 November 2026, illustrative; Google Play sets the charged price). Google Play: coming soon.

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