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Stop Filling Empty Columns With Kings
An empty column is the most powerful resource on the Klondike board, and the first thing most players do is waste it.
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Mr. Solitaire's Take
Short, opinionated takes on solitaire strategy, game design, and card game culture. Not tips. Opinions.
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The Undo Button Doesn't Ruin Solitaire — But It Does Ruin Your Stats
If you undo after every bad draw, you are not playing solitaire — you are doing a constraint-satisfaction search with extra steps.
Read the take →Pyramid Solitaire Is a Lottery With Cards, Not a Strategy Game
Pyramid's theoretical and practical win rates are nearly identical — which means the deal decided your fate before you touched a single card.
Read the take →Turn 3 Klondike Is for Masochists, and That’s Fine
Turn 3 Klondike has an 11–18% human win rate. You are not bad at it. It is bad at you.
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