Yukon is reminiscent of Klondike, but with much more scope for thought. A pleasant game for when you窶囘 like to be rewarded for effort, without having to think too hard.
Layout Size: Builds can sometimes get long, and may require scrolling on the smallest screens.
Difficulty: A 窶徇edium-difficult窶 game, requiring careful play but not too hard to win once you understand the best approach. Good players can win over 50% of their games. The Klondike 窶彙etting窶 rules are used for scoring here, but they are really too liberal for Yukon, and you can expect to win a lot of money.
Rules: There are four foundations, which are initially empty. There are seven tableau piles, fanned down. The first tableau starts with no cards face-down, the second with one face-down, and so on to the seventh, which starts with six cards face-down. The remaining cards are laid out face-up, one on the first tableau and five each on the remaining tableaus. (This layout resembles Klondike, except that the 窶彳xtra窶 cards are laid out face-up on six of the seven tableaus.)
Top cards of tableaus are available for building onto the foundations, which build up following suit. Only an Ace may be played to an empty foundation.
All face-up cards in the tableaus are available for moving among the tableaus, which build down by alternating color. The moved card and the rest of its fan all move together, even if they are not all in sequence. Only Kings or fans whose bottom card is a King may be played to an empty tableau pile.
(See picture: Yukon. The 5H-JD-3H may be moved onto the 6C. Many other moves are also possible.)
The goal is to move all the cards onto the foundations. Like Klondike, you can also score by charging 52 points a game, and winning back 5 points for every card played to the foundations.
On the Screen: Solitaire Till Dawn will lay out the game for you, as usual.
