Yukon
The whole deck on the table and no stock. Any face-up card moves with every card on top of it.
Yukon is the Klondike cousin with no stock to draw from: the whole deck is dealt into seven columns with the top five cards of each face up, and any face-up card moves together with every card lying on it. Free the aces, turn up the buried cards and build each suit home from ace to king. Every deal here was won by the solver before it reached you, and sorted into easy, medium and hard by how much searching it took. A new medium deal, the same for everyone, arrives every day.
- Category
- Cards & Board
- Modes
- Easy · Medium · Hard · Daily
- Controls
- Mouse · Touch
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How to play
Drag a face-up card onto a card one rank higher of the other colour, and the cards lying on it go along, in whatever order they are. Or tap the card, then tap where it should go; tap it twice to send it to the best place. Only a king, with what lies on it, fills an empty column. The card left on top of a column turns face up. Build the four foundations up by suit from the ace; cards nobody can still need go up on their own. Undo costs 5 seconds, a hint 30.
What is Yukon?
Yukon is a patience of the Klondike family, and it plays like Klondike turned inside out. There is no stock to draw from: all 52 cards are dealt into seven columns from the start, one card in the first column and six to eleven in the others, everything face down except the top five cards of each column. What makes the game is how cards move: any face-up card can travel, together with every card lying on it, whatever order those cards are in.
So the whole table is in play from the first move, and the puzzle is in the buried cards. Every deal on Play has been won by a solver before it reaches you, then sorted by how much searching it took: easy deals give way to natural play, hard ones hide their way through. A new medium deal, the same for everyone, arrives every day.
How to play
Drag a face-up card onto a card one rank higher of the other colour, and the cards lying on it go along. Or tap a card to pick it up, then tap where it should go; tap it twice and it goes to the best place on its own.
- Building. A card goes on a card one rank higher of the other colour: a red 7 on a black 8. The cards lying on it travel with it, in any order.
- Empty columns. Only a king can fill one, with whatever lies on it.
- Face-down cards. The card left on top of a column turns face up.
- Foundations. Build each suit up from the ace to the king. A card that has gone up stays there, and cards nobody can still need go up on their own.
- Undo and hints. Undo adds 5 seconds to your time, a hint 30. A hint shows a move that keeps the deal winnable.
Strategy tips
- Dig where it is deepest. The columns on the right hide up to six cards each, and the deal is usually won or lost there.
- Watch what a move buries. A big group dropped onto a column covers everything under it. Prefer targets in columns you have already dug out.
- Free the aces and twos early. A low card stuck under a pile holds back its whole suit.
- Keep an empty column for a king. A king with a long tail sitting on face-down cards needs somewhere to go.
- Do not rush cards home. A card on the foundation can no longer take a card of the other colour; sending a 5 up too soon can leave a 4 stranded.
FAQ
Is Yukon free to play?
Yes. Like every game on Play, it runs free in your browser, with no download and no account needed.
Can every deal be won?
Not every shuffle, but every deal here can: each one was won by the solver before it went on a list. Of 3600 random deals our solver won 85%, proved 4.5% lost, and left the rest undecided.
What makes a deal easy or hard?
The solver plays each deal in three styles. If one of them goes straight through without backing up, the deal is easy; if it has to back up and try other lines, medium; if every style needs more than a thousand positions, hard.
What is the daily deal?
Everyone gets the same medium deal that day, so times compare directly on the leaderboard.
How is my time scored?
Your score is the time to finish the deal, plus 5 seconds for every undo and 30 for every hint. Lower is better, and each level has its own leaderboard.
