Aevanor · Ad-free · Offline-ready · Win9x desktop

How to play Solitaire

Aevanor is a calm, ad-free Klondike Solitaire: Draw 1 or Draw 3, optional winnable-only deals, and a shared daily challenge you can finish offline.

Objective

Move all cards to the four foundations, building each suit from Ace to King.

Setup

  • Deal seven tableau columns left to right: one card in the first column, up to seven in the last. Only the top card of each column starts face up.
  • The remaining cards form the stock. Turning the stock fills the waste pile (one or three cards at a time).
  • Four empty foundation piles sit at the top right.

Rules

  • Build tableau piles down by alternating color (red on black, black on red).
  • Build foundations up by suit from Ace through King.
  • Only a King (or a valid King-led run) may fill an empty tableau column.
  • You may move a face-up run as a unit when the move is legal.
  • Recycle the waste back into the stock when it is empty (unless a pass limit is set).

Strategy tips

  • Prefer moves that flip face-down tableau cards — information beats early foundation play.
  • Empty a column when you can park a King that unlocks buried cards.
  • Be careful sending mid-rank cards to the foundation if you still need them as bridges.
  • Try Draw 1 when learning; switch to Draw 3 for a tougher classic challenge.
  • Turn on Winnable deals only if you want every shuffle to be solvable with perfect play.

Fair deals

Cards are shuffled with a deterministic seeded RNG. Computer opponents (when present) never peek at hidden cards. For classic Solitaire, optional Winnable deals only mode uses a real solver so every deal is solvable with perfect play — not a marketing guess.

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