Double Klondike – how to play

Double Klondike is a bigger Klondike. The rules are the same, but you play with two decks: 104 cards. A game takes longer and needs more planning.

How to play, step by step

Step 1

The cards on the table

At the top left is the stock, and next to it the waste. At the top right are 8 places for the foundations: two for each suit. Below are 9 columns with 1 to 9 cards; only the last card of each column is face up.

Stock Waste 8 foundations 9 columns

1. 1 Stock
2. 2 Waste
3. 3 8 foundations
4. 4 9 columns

Step 2

Build down in alternating colors

Just like in Klondike, put a card on a card one rank higher and of the other color. Every card is in the game twice, so a card often has two places to go. Here the red 9 can go on either black 10.

On this 10… …or on this 10

1. 1 On this 10…
2. 2 …or on this 10

Step 3

Move a run of cards

You can move a whole group of face-up cards at once. The card you grab must fit where you drop it. The cards on it come along.

Move the whole run

1. 1 Move the whole run

Step 4

Fill an empty column with a King

Only a King can go into an empty column, alone or with the cards on it.

Empty column Only a King

1. 1 Empty column
2. 2 Only a King

Step 5

Turn cards from the stock

Click the stock to turn one card (or three cards in the turn three version) onto the waste. Only the top card of the waste can be played. When the stock is empty, click its place: the cards go back and the first one turns over again. You can do this as often as you like.

Click the stock Play the top card

1. 1 Click the stock
2. 2 Play the top card

Step 6

Two foundations for each suit

Start each foundation with an Ace and build up to the King in one suit. There are two Aces of each suit, so each suit gets two piles. A card can go on either pile of its suit, when it is the next card there.

First hearts pile Second hearts pile 2 on the Ace

1. 1 First hearts pile
2. 2 Second hearts pile
3. 3 2 on the Ace

Turn one or turn three?

• Turn one: each click on the stock turns one card. Start with this version.
• Turn three: each click turns three cards, and only the top one can be played. It is much harder.

Scoring

With timed scoring (the default) you lose 2 points for every 10 seconds of play, and a quick win earns a time bonus. You can switch to standard scoring in the Options.

Tips

• Every card is there twice. When one is stuck, look for its twin.
• Turn over the long columns on the right first. They hide the most cards.
• Start with turn one. Turn three is much harder.
• Stuck? Use Undo, or play the same deal again with Retry game.

Rules of other solitaire games

• Klondike – rules
• Spider – rules
• Forty Thieves – rules