Solitaire Klondike: Learn How to Play

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Had enough of the regular solitaire games? Learn to play Klondike, one
of the more popular solitaire games that is not only relaxing and fun,
but has a history that dates back to the Californian Gold Rush.

Since computers entered each and every household, classroom and office,
solitaire became the most popular game. It is simple to learn, easy to
play, and addictive because of its simplicity. But that was ages ago,
and people have begun to grow tired of that same old game. As a result,
they turned to new variations and Klondike is the most popular of them.

Ironically, its not a new game. The term Klondike as a game surfaces
somewhere in the latter part of the nineteen hundred, and historians
suggest that it evolved from miners in the Alaskan and Californian
mountains to pass the time.

How Can You Play Klondike?
This is not a difficult game to learn, but what's good is that though
you will get the hang of it quickly, its difficult to beat in an
addictive way. Its not frustrating, but fun and invigorating. One of the
things you must learn is how to lay the cards out.

1) Start by placing one card on the table in front of you. Place it
facing up.
2) Place another six cards to its left, but keep these facing down.
3) Place a card facing up to the card left of the first card you placed
down.
4) Add another card facing down to all the remaining cards a bit below
them so as to form a column. Likewise, continue by placing one open card
and then by adding a closed card to the rest.

If you follow the instructions properly, you should have it so that last
column will have seven cards. Check also that you have twenty-four cards
in your hand because these are the cards you will play with.

Now What?
What you have to try and do is place all the cards on the four different
aces. These will appear whenever they do, and you have to try and create
the four suited sequence from the ace to the king. The moment you see
and ace, place it on the side and start adding the next card. (eg: After
an ace, place a two and then a three.) Note that each suit must be
according to colour and type. By this I mean that the ace of diamond
gets only diamonds, the ace of spades gets only spade cards and so on.
Likewise, you can create card sequences down on the base cards as well
by placing the card lower than it of the opposite colour. For instance,
under a six of clubs, you can place either a five of diamonds or a five
of hearts, but the five of clubs or the five of spades is out of the
question.

Opening the Cards Facing Down
When you can use the cards facing up, then you can open the card that
appears under it. And like in regular Solitaire, when you manage to open
a base card and have only six or less bases, you can open a new base by
placing a King there.

Moving Sequences
You can also move card sequences from one base to another and this
doesn't depend on the length of the sequence. All that matters is that
the rules of sequence are kept.

To use the cards in your hand, take the top three cards and turn them
over. But remember that you can use only the top card. Only if and when
you use that card, you can use the next one under it. Continue revealing
batches of three. Once done, pick up all the cards and start again.