Solitaire

# Solitaire (Klondike) — The FAQ

52 cards, one deck, zero opponents to blame when it goes wrong. Welcome to Solitaire — the classic game of patience, mild self-deception, and occasionally flipping the wrong card at the worst possible moment.

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## The Basics

**What even is this game?**

Classic Klondike Solitaire. Seven tableau columns, a stock and waste pile, and four foundations waiting to be filled Ace through King. You already know this game — your grandmother taught it to you, or Windows did.

**How do I win?**

Get all 52 cards onto the four foundations, each one sorted by suit from Ace up to King. That's it. That's the whole ambition.

**What are the seven columns for?**

The tableau. Column 1 gets 1 card, column 7 gets 7 — only the top card of each starts face up, the rest are hiding face down until you earn the reveal.

**What's the deal with the stock and waste pile?**

Click the stock to flip a card face up into the waste. Run out of stock? Click it again to recycle the whole waste pile back into stock — for a small, entirely deserved score penalty.

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## The Weird Stuff (that makes this game *this* game)

**Wait, I can right-click now?**

Yep. Right-click the top card of the waste pile, or the top card of any tableau column, and it jumps straight to a foundation pile — if a legal spot exists. No fuss, no drag.

**So what's left-click for?**

Click and drag, the old-fashioned way. Grab the top card (or a whole valid face-up sequence) and drop it on another column or foundation. Nobody's forcing you to use the right-click shortcut.

**Whatever happened to double-clicking?**

Retired. It used to send the waste card to a foundation; right-click does that job now, and does it without the 0.2-second guessing game.

**Can I drag a whole run of cards at once?**

Yes, as long as they're a proper descending, alternating-color sequence and all face up. Grab the top of the run and the rest come along for the ride.

**What happens when I uncover a face-down card?**

It auto-flips face up, no clicking required, and it even pays you +5 points for the privilege.

**I recycled the waste pile and lost points. Rude.**

That's -20 points, entirely on purpose. Endless free re-draws would make this a much less interesting game.

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## Scoring & Winning

| Action                                   | Points |

|-------------------------------------------|:------:|

| Move a card to a foundation                | +10    |

| Move a card from waste to tableau          | +5     |

| Flip a face-down tableau card              | +5     |

| Move a card from foundation back to tableau| -15    |

| Recycle waste back into stock              | -20    |

**Is there an undo button?**

Yes, a real one. It walks backward through your actual move history — including auto-flips — not just the last thing your mouse did.

**Is there a timer?**

It counts up from 0:00 the moment the deal starts, purely so you can see exactly how long you sat there before admitting the game was unwinnable.

**How do I "win the match"?**

There's no match — it's just you, one deck, and whatever the shuffle decided to do to you today. Win the hand or don't; either way, nobody's keeping score but the scoreboard.

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## Practical Nonsense

**Is my progress saved?**

Yes — hit Menu and your game state is saved so **Resume Game** can pick up right where you left off. **New Game** shuffles a fresh deck and forgets the old one ever happened.

**What platform is this on?**

Windows desktop, built in Godot.

**What's with the sign in the corner?**

That's the "Mario's Game" sign. Purely decorative, mildly proud of itself.

**I found a bug. Now what?**

Report it — and feel free to blame the waste pile. It's already down 20 points; it can take a little more heat.

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*Solitaire — the only card game where losing is a solo achievement.*