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Klondike variant

Australian Patience Solitaire

The original. The one everyone calls just "solitaire".

Australian Patience is a Klondike-family solitaire dealt entirely face-up across seven columns of four cards. No stock - every card is on the table from the start. The build-down rule is alternating colour, and the four Aces are pre-promoted to foundations during the deal.

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Medium 15% win rate
Australian Patience solitaire opening layout
Opening deal of Australian Patience - Klondike family

How to play Australian Patience

Goal - Move all the cards to the Foundation

Decks

  • A standard deck (52 cards)

Redeals

  • No

Foundation

  • Built up by suit from Ace to King
  • The top card of each pile is available for move

Tableau

  • Built down by suit
  • The top card of each pile is available for move
  • Complete or partial piles can be moved
  • An empty pile can be filled with a King or a pile starting with a King

Stock

  • Press to turn over 1 card from the Stock to the Waste

Waste

  • The top card of each pile is available for move

Strategy & tips

  • All-visible deals reward total board reading. Spend the first minute mapping which cards block which Aces.
  • Without a stock, every column rearrangement is permanent. Plan three moves ahead before committing.
  • Play aces and twos to the foundation immediately, but think twice before sending higher cards - you may need them in the tableau.

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