Rendered over the different titles (each with its own version too), Solitaire seems to focus on a single goal - to promote a brain-stimulating challenge over a given set of cards, sorted out to become the puzzle. During which, the player takes part in sequencing, pairing cards, or piling them up on their ascending ranks and suit, to complete a single session.

As we have covered quite the number of online solitaire games in our website, we were able to scour for the usual types of solitaire (solitaire versions) used in the lot of games, and garnered a few points to tackle with you. After the series, you should get to familiarize and classify them, and ultimately have an edge over turning up a victorious game, despite the natural difficulty of their challenge/s.

More so, we have lined-up a few titles for you to get into, get you informed, and start with the lot of exciting sessions to get you practiced and sharp - after the reading through the pertaining tactics given on the specific solitaire game.

First and foremost, the Klondike. The most famous among solitaire renditions to-date. About 70% of the time, Klondike solitaire are usually winnable. The traditional Klondike game does not usually allow any re-deals (re-shuffling of the draw pool). In the Klondike, players must stack together cards starting from the ace all the way up to the king and there must be four stacks in total (called foundations/piles) - one for each suit. The great thing about this type of solitaire is that it can be rendered in a simple casual or competitive game as seen through the lot of published renditions of Klondike.

The following article should provide you with hints and guides, towards having a grasp over the rules of the thumb, and in honing your skills to heighten your chances of success, to completely sequence and finish the deck of cards, in Klondike Solitaire.

The key to win a Klondike game, is to uncover facedown cards. If the only card left that a faceup card can be built upon is a facedown card in the same column, it then cues that the game might fail. For example, the two red nines (Hearts and Diamonds) can only be built on the two black tens in the tableau. If one of the red nines is already built on a black ten and the other black ten is a facedown card under one of the nines, the game is lost unless one of the nines can be moved to a concluding pile.

A few pointers includes - not building sequences of cards from the hand or waste-pile unless they are being used to uncover a facedown card. Otherwise you might create a potential block like mention earlier. You may also try to uncover facedown cards from the highest columns first since potential blocks in the layout which could cost you the game are most likely here. Other than that, do not build cards on foundations (piles) unless doing so helps to uncover a facedown card. Not building the cards on foundations allows other cards to be built upon them on the tableau.

To get you started practicing Klondike, we would suggest to start with Air Solitaire, a great find from Big Fish Games, that hones challenging levels of the authentic counterpart of the Klondike version of Solitaire. We are compelled to suggest this game due to the fact that properly guides beginners to the original version of the game, as well as it values the true form of solitaire (meaning it promotes no re-dealing of cards, and proves to be astronomical to beat as well).

On our next article on the series, we’ll tackle more solitaire versions, as well as the tactics to render better results in every session. Until then, happy card sequencing, and puzzle solving!