SOLITAIRE

THE OBJECTIVE

Classic Klondike, made for your phone. Build the four suits up from the aces, stack the columns down in alternating colours, and turn the stock one card at a time. Every deal has been solved, so every deal can be won; clear one and the next is dealt with your score carried over.

HOW TO SCORE

• Drag a card, or a run of cards, onto another pile and let go. Or just tap a card: it goes to the best place it fits, a foundation first. Tap the stock (top left) to turn a card onto the waste; when the stock runs out, tap it again to turn the waste back over.
• Build the four foundations (top right) up by suit from ace to king. In the seven columns, stack cards down in alternating colours: a red 6 on a black 7. You can move any proper run as one. Only a king, or a run starting with a king, goes into an empty column. Turning a face-down card gives points.
• Every deal has been solved by computer, so every deal can be won. Undo takes back a move for a small cost, Hint shows a useful move, and when every card is face up a Finish button plays the rest for you. If you get stuck, a No moves left banner offers Undo and End run (tap End run twice to bank your score); End & Save on the pause screen works too.
• Scoring follows classic Windows solitaire: 5 for a card from the waste to a column, 10 for a card to a foundation, 5 for turning a card, minus 15 for taking one back off a foundation, minus 100 for turning the waste over, minus 2 every 10 seconds, and a time bonus of 700,000 divided by your seconds when you clear a deal. Clear a deal and the next one is dealt with your score carried over.

CONTROLS

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Drag cards, or arrows and Enter pick/place · Backspace cancels · Space draws · U undo · H hint · A finish · E end stuck run

Drag cards, or tap one to send it where it fits. Tap the stock to turn a card.

Controller: D-pad selects cards · A / × picks / places · B / ○ cancels · Y / △ draws · X / □ hint · LB / L1 undo · RB / R1 finish. Start / Options pauses or resumes. Release held controls after pausing.

Use a controller with a standard browser mapping. Press and release a button to connect; A / × or Start plays. Keyboard and mouse remain available.

P / Escape pauses the game. Switching tabs or windows pauses automatically. Rounds start, and resume, after a 3-2-1 countdown.

The daily starting seed resets at 00:00 UTC. Pausing stops the game; End & save on the pause screen banks an endless run. Ranked rounds must finish saving within 2 hours of starting.

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