Crayon Solitaire

How to play Crayon Solitaire

1. Press Deal, or open today's Daily Deal. Draw 1 turns one card from the stock at a time, Draw 3 turns three.
2. Build the seven columns down in alternating colours (a red 6 on a black 7). Only a King can go into an empty column.
3. Move cards to the four foundations by suit, from Ace up to King. Moving a card off a column turns up the hidden card under it.
4. Click or tap the stock to draw. When the stock runs out, click the empty stock to turn the waste back over.
5. Drag a card or a run of cards, or tap a card to send it to its best spot (foundation first). When every card is face up, Auto-finish sends the rest home.

About this game

Crayon Solitaire is classic Klondike on an ink-blue felt table with cream cards, brush-drawn suits and linocut face cards. Before you see a deal, a solver has already found a way to win it, so every game can be won. Play Draw 1 or Draw 3, Scored (undo costs 15 points and a fast win earns a time bonus) or Relaxed (free undo). Casual deals are a warm-up; ten Standard wins open Expert, long Draw 3 deals that need several passes through the stock, and three Expert wins open Vegas mode with a running bank. The Daily Deal is the same for everyone each day and keeps a daily streak. Wins unlock new card backs, or you can draw your own back and see it on every face-down card. Thirteen stamps reward feats like clearing a column, winning without undo or finishing under four minutes. If you reload by accident, your deal comes back paused.

Controls

On a phone or tablet: Tap a card to send it to its best spot, or drag it. Tap the stock to draw. Undo, Hint and Pause are the round buttons under your right thumb (top bar on a phone held sideways). They show whenever you play by touch, touch-screen laptops included, and hide when you use the keyboard; the pause menu has On-screen controls (Auto, Always, Off), Left-handed (moves them and the stock to the other side) and Vibrate.