Solitaire Rules and Strategy Guides

Browse practical guides to Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid and TriPeaks rules, moves and strategy.

Start with the rules for your game

Each solitaire variation has its own layout and legal moves. Start with the Klondike Draw 1 walkthrough for a familiar stock-and-tableau game, or open a game-specific rules guide for Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid or TriPeaks.

The embedded games are hosted by their providers. Their current settings were checked in the loaded games: this Spider embed opens in one-suit mode, Pyramid recycles its stock, and TriPeaks does not.

Choose a guide

Learn the Klondike setup, review its tableau rules and strategy, or compare all five games before choosing what to play. Game-specific guides cover Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid and TriPeaks with rules checked against the current embedded versions. Each guide includes direct answers to common rule questions and a link back to its game.

Which solitaire games have guides?

The guide library covers Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid and TriPeaks.

Do these games use identical rules?

No. Each variation has its own layout, moves and goal; use its specific guide.

Where do I play after reading a guide?

Use the play links in each guide or browse all five games.