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Klondike

Klondike, also known as solitaire, is a widely played solitaire card game where the goal is to build stacks of cards in descending order by suit. To set up the game, 28 cards are dealt into 7 piles with the number of cards in each pile decreasing from left to right. Players then turn over the top card of each pile and can move cards between piles if they are of the proper suit and value. Uncovering an ace allows it to be moved to a scoring pile where additional cards of that suit can be added in sequence. The game is won by accumulating the most cards in scoring piles after going through the deck once.

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Klondike

Klondike, also known as solitaire, is a widely played solitaire card game where the goal is to build stacks of cards in descending order by suit. To set up the game, 28 cards are dealt into 7 piles with the number of cards in each pile decreasing from left to right. Players then turn over the top card of each pile and can move cards between piles if they are of the proper suit and value. Uncovering an ace allows it to be moved to a scoring pile where additional cards of that suit can be added in sequence. The game is won by accumulating the most cards in scoring piles after going through the deck once.

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Dax Fulton

6.29.16
2100 Technical Writing
Pg. 193 Klondike Re-write
Playing Klondike (Solitaire)
Many people know Klondike simply as solitaire, because it is such a widely
played solitaire game. Klondike is not the most challenging form of solitaire,
but it is very enjoyable and known worldwide.
SET UP
To play Klondike, use one regular pack of cards.
1. Dealing left to right, make seven plies from 28 cards.
2. Place one card on each pile, dealing one fewer pile each round.
3. When you are finished dealing, the pile on the left will have one card,
the next pile on the left will have one card, the next pile on the left will
have two cards, and so on. The pile farthest to the right will have seven
cards.
4. When you are finished dealing the cards, flip the top card in each pile
face up.
PLAY - You are now ready to play.
You may move cards among the piles by stacking cards in decreasing
numerical order (king to ace). Black cards are placed on red cards and red
cards are placed on black cards. For example, a red four can be placed on
a black five.
If you would like to move an entire stack of face up cards, the bottom card
being moved must be placed on a successive card of the opposite color.
For example, a face up stack with the jack of hears as the bottom card can
be moved only to a pile with a black queen showing on top.
You can also move partial stacks from tone pile to another as long as the
bottom card you are moving can be placed on the top face up card on the
pile to which you are moving it.
If a facedown card is ever revealed on top of a pile, it should be turned face
up. You can now use this card.
If the cards in a pile are ever completely removed, you can replace the pile
by putting a king (or a stack with a king as the bottom face up card) in its
place.
The rest of the deck is called the stock.

Turn up cards in the stock one by one.


If you can play a turned-up card on your piles, place it. If you cannot
play the card, put it in the discard pile.
As you turn up cards from the stock, you can also play the top card of
the discard pile.

(For example, let us say you have an eight of hearts on top of the
discard pile. You turn up a nine of spades from the stock, which you find
can be played on a ten of diamonds on top of one of your piles. You can
then play the eight of hearts on your discard pile in the newly placed nine
of spades.)
KEEPING SCORE TO WIN
When an ace is uncovered, you may move it to a scoring pile separate
from the seven piles. From then on, cards of the same suit may be placed on
the ace in successive order. For example, if the two of hearts is the top face
up card in one of your piles, you can place it on the ace of hearts. As
successive cards in the suit are the top cards in piles or revealed in the stock,
you can place them on your scoring piles.
When playing Klondike properly, you may go thorough the stock only
once (variations of Klondike allow you to go through the stock as many times
as you like, three cards at a time). When you are finished going through the
stock, count up the cards placed in your scoring piles. The total cards in
these piles make up your score for the game.

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