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Yukonic Plague buries thirteen cards in a face-up reserve you can only peel one at a time, turning Yukon's open deal into a stiffer game of buried ranks.

Yukonic Plague Solitaire is Yukon turned nasty. It keeps everything that makes Yukon exciting, the wide-open deal and the freedom to lift any group of cards at once, then buries thirteen cards in a reserve pile that you can only peel off one at a time. Those buried cards are the plague: they lock away ranks you badly need and force you to plan around a stack you can read but cannot dig through.

The game uses a single deck and no stock or waste, so every card is either on the tableau or waiting under the reserve. That makes it a game of pure position. Skilled players tunnel toward the reserve's top card, clearing tableau tangles just in time to catch each card as it becomes available.

Expect a stiffer challenge than plain Yukon. Winning rewards patience and a willingness to hold a promising move until the reserve gives up the card that unlocks it.

If you enjoy Yukonic Plague, try Yukon Solitaire or Alaska Solitaire, two classic solitaire card games with the same wide-open deal.

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How to play Yukonic Plague Solitaire

Layout:

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

7 tableau piles: Build down in alternating colors. Pile one starts with a single face-up card; piles two through seven each begin with two face-down cards, then are topped with enough face-up cards to reach column totals of 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 8.

Reserve: A single pile of 13 face-up cards. Only the top card is available, and there is no stock or waste.

Foundation:

There are four foundation piles, one for each suit.

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. The foundations begin with an Ace and build up to the King.

The top card of each foundation can be moved back into play if another pile will accept it. Completing all four foundations wins the game.

Reserve:

There is one reserve pile holding thirteen cards, all dealt face-up so you can read them but only the top card can be played. Play the top reserve card onto a tableau pile or a foundation, and the card beneath it becomes available. No card may ever be moved into the reserve, so the pile only shrinks as you dig through it.

Tableau:

Seven tableau piles hold 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 8 cards. Pile one starts with a single face-up card. Piles two through seven each begin with two face-down cards, topped with enough face-up cards to reach those totals.

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 card that fits on a black 8 is a red 7.

As in Yukon, you may pick up any face-up card along with every card sitting on top of it, whether or not they form an ordered sequence, and move the whole group at once onto another pile.

Empty tableau spaces may be filled with a King, either alone or leading a group of cards.