

When one imagines a solitaire game, the one that immediately comes to mind is Klondike. Introduction to Yukon Solitaire Card Game How Cards can be Moved in Yukon Solitaire.Introduction to Yukon Solitaire Card Game.As with any card game, improvement will come with repeated play. It is possible to win the game, but it requires a bit more study and forethought than many other solitaire games. It may be difficult to uncover the Aces quickly and at the same time attempt to organize cards in descending order, and some compromises will be required. Uncovering the Aces as early as possible and placing them on the foundation piles is also critical. Lower card values buried deep in the columns will make it difficult to access them. This is so the lower cards are as exposed as possible and can be moved to the foundation piles as necessary. The best results are achieved if you can try to shift cards into descending order, from King, to Queen, Jack and so forth. It is okay if there are cards moved along with it in a group, but the King must be the top card to fill an empty column.


Similar to Klondike Solitaire, in the Yukon version, only a King can be placed in an empty column. There is no holding area as in some solitaire games where cards can be temporarily placed to make game play easier. Yukon Solitaire is challenging when compared to other solitaire games because it is more limiting on the movements that can be made. The game ends when it is won or when no more plays can be made, constituting a loss. The game is won if all cards end up in the foundation piles beginning with the Aces, Deuces, Threes, Fours, etc. Game play is a bit more complicated than in Klondike Solitaire and requires thinking carefully about strategic moves. The goal is to reveal facedown cards, uncover Aces to move to the foundation pile, and strategically place cards so that lower cards are as accessible as possible. The determining factor in where the cards can be placed is the suit and value of the top card. If a card selected for a move has other cards below it, they must remain in that same order and be moved with the selected card. The 4-Clubs could not be placed on the 5-Clubs. Game PlayĬards are moved among the columns by placing an individual card or a group of cards below a card of a different suit and having a value 1 greater than the card placed on it.įor example, a group of cards consisting of the 4-Clubs, 7-Spades, and the 10-Diamonds with the 4-Clubs being the top card could be placed on a 5 in another column as long as it is a heart, spade, or diamond. When you begin play in this Yukon Solitaire game, the dealing will already be done for you. If the deal is done correctly, there will be 5 cards facing up on top of each of columns 2-7, the 1st column having only the one card. When all the columns have a card facing up, the remaining cards are dealt face up to each column with the exception of the lone card on the left. With each pass, the column that has a card face up is skipped and the next one has the card placed face up. Skipping the face up card on the left, the next pass turns the card face up in the 2nd column and then the next 5 cards in their individual columns are dealt face down. The next 6 cards for the individual columns are dealt face down. There are 7 individual columns with the deal beginning on the left and following to the right. All the cards are dealt at the beginning of the game. Yukon solitaire uses a 52-card deck, so the Jokers are removed.

Similar to Klondike Solitaire, the goal of Yukon Solitaire is to end up with the cards all sorted by suit in 4 foundation piles starting with Aces, then Deuces and on up to the Kings. Yukon Solitaire is a solitaire card game similar to Klondike Solitaire but played without a stock pile.
