Klondike family
Ten columns start with three cards each — only the top card of each column is face-up. Build tableau piles down in alternating colors. Deal one card at a time from the stock to the waste pile; the top waste card is always available to play. Send all cards to the four foundations, ascending from Ace to King by suit, to win.
Click a face-up card to select it, then click a destination — or click the stock to deal one card.
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Solitaire.City includes classic builders, pairing games, and larger two-deck patience variants, so you can jump between quick rounds and longer strategic layouts.
Westcliff is a Klondike variant with a larger tableau and a more forgiving empty-column rule. Where Klondike uses seven columns with only Kings allowed in empty spaces, Westcliff uses ten columns (three cards each to start) and allows any card — not just Kings — to fill an empty column. The stock draws one card at a time. Win rates are considerably higher than Klondike: roughly 9 in 10 deals are completable with solid play.
Ten tableau columns each receive three cards: two face-down and one face-up. The remaining 22 cards form the stock, dealt one at a time to a waste pile.
Tableau sequences build downward in alternating colors. Properly ordered sequences move as units. Any card (not just Kings) may fill an empty column. Foundations build upward by suit from Ace to King. The stock can be recycled when exhausted — most implementations allow one or two recycles. Win by moving all 52 cards to the foundations.
Three key differences: ten columns instead of seven, any card fills empty spaces instead of only Kings, and three-card columns instead of the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 triangle. The any-card empty column rule is the most impactful — it dramatically increases what you can do with an open column and removes the “dead column waiting for a King” problem that trips up many Klondike games.
The three-card starting columns (two face-down, one face-up) are shallower than Klondike’s deepest columns, which means the early reveal phase is shorter. With ten columns, there are more reveal opportunities per turn.
The higher win rate does not eliminate the need for care. The most common way to lose Westcliff is to deal through the stock without playing available waste cards first, then face a recycled stock that no longer provides what you need.
Reveal priority still applies: prefer tableau moves that flip face-down cards over stock draws. With ten columns and only three cards each, the whole tableau can be revealed quickly if you commit to it early.