Play Klondike Territory Solitaire Online for Free (No Signup Required)

Every card is dealt face-up, so nothing hides from you, but the reserve fan only ever offers its top card. One deck, real skill, and just a 25% win rate to crack.

Klondike Territory Solitaire is a cross between Klondike and Flower Garden. The tableau is dealt exactly as in Klondike — seven piles growing from one to seven cards — but every card lies face-up, so the whole deal is open from the very first move. In place of a stock, the remaining twenty-four cards are spread out in a long face-up fan called the reserve.

It is the stricter sibling of Northwest Territory, which plays the same idea with eight tableau piles; with only seven here, spaces are rarer and the reserve drains more slowly. Only the exposed card at the end of the fan is in play, so digging out a card buried deep in the reserve is a project in itself.

It's difficult even with every card visible: only about 25% of deals end in a win. It is played with a single deck, and since every card is visible from the start, skill matters more here than in a game where the deal stays hidden.

Fans of Northwest Territory Solitaire and Flower Garden Solitaire will recognize the open-fan reserve here.

The tableau shape here traces back to the classic Solitaire, even with the deal turned face-up.

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How to play Klondike Territory Solitaire

Layout:

4 foundation piles: Build up in suit from Ace to King.

7 tableau piles: Build down in alternating colors. Dealt Klondike-style with one to seven cards, all face-up. Sequences in alternating colors may be moved as a group. Any card can fill a space.

Reserve: The 24 cards left after the deal, spread face-up in a fan. Only the top card is playable. There is no stock and no redeal.

Foundation:

There are four foundation piles.

The foundations are begun with the Aces as they become available. A card can be added to a foundation pile only if it's one rank higher and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that fits on a 4 of clubs is a 5 of clubs.

The top card of a foundation may be moved back to the tableau if you need it.

Reserve:

The last 24 cards of the deck form a single face-up reserve fan.

Only the fan's top card is available; it may be played to the foundations or the tableau. Cards may never be moved into the reserve, and it is never refilled — once it is empty, it stays empty.

Tableau:

Seven tableau piles hold one to seven cards each, dealt in the usual Klondike shape. Every card is dealt face-up.

A card can be added to a tableau pile only if it's one rank lower and the opposite color of the pile's current top card, so the only cards that fit on an 8 of spades are the red 7s.

Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card are free to be played onto the foundations or any other tableau pile. Groups of cards that form a descending, alternating-color sequence may be moved together.

Any card or movable sequence can fill an empty tableau space.