Yukon rules and strategy
A solitaire game with no stock: all the cards are on the table from the start, and you can move whole groups, even if they are unordered. This site explains the exact rules, strategy, and winning games verified card by card. To play: Yukon Solitaire, on iPhone, iPad, and Android.
Available on the App Store and on Google Play.
Yukon at a glance
Yukon is a single-player game using a deck of 52 cards, all dealt into 7 columns: 21 are face down and 31 are face up. There is no stock. The aim is to move all 52 cards onto 4 foundations, one per suit, from ace to king.
In the columns, you place a card on a card of the opposite color and one rank higher: a black 9 on a red 10. The difference from Klondike: you can take any face-up card with all the cards placed on top of it, even if they are not in sequence. Each hidden card you uncover is turned face up and becomes playable. The rules explain each move in detail, and the strategy explains how to approach the game.
A deal from the app
Here is the deal with code YU1-C-AAAAAAB as dealt by the app: it is also the one in the screenshot above. Paste this code into the New Game window to play it; a winning game in 107 moves is detailed on the Examples page.
Foundations, cards placed: 0 spades, 0 hearts, 0 diamonds, 0 clubs. Column 1: 0 face down, then 6 of clubs; column 2: 1 face down, then 10 of clubs, 3 of diamonds, Jack of hearts, 10 of hearts, 3 of spades; column 3: 2 face down, then Ace of hearts, Queen of hearts, 3 of clubs, 4 of hearts, 7 of spades; column 4: 3 face down, then Ace of spades, 7 of diamonds, 7 of hearts, 3 of hearts, 10 of spades; column 5: 4 face down, then 7 of clubs, 9 of spades, 6 of hearts, 8 of clubs, Jack of spades; column 6: 5 face down, then Queen of clubs, King of hearts, 4 of diamonds, King of spades, 9 of hearts; column 7: 6 face down, then 10 of diamonds, 5 of hearts, Jack of diamonds, 8 of spades, Ace of clubs.
Where to start?
The rules
The setup, card groups, empty columns, foundations, Relaxed rules, and scoring.
Strategy
Reveal hidden cards, use unordered groups, and keep space for a King: the principles that help you win.
Won games
Actual deals from the app with their game codes, including a game won in 107 moves, replayed move by move.
Frequently asked questions
No stock? Can you move unordered cards? What do Relaxed rules change? Short answers.
On phone and tablet
The app is played in landscape orientation. It offers Classic or Relaxed rules, a code for each game to replay or share a deal, undo for the last 100 moves and statistics.
