This is a timed 5-stage variation of Klondike Solitaire. Rather than the tableau being dealt like ordinary Klondike the first level starts off with 10 stacks of 3. Each subsequent stage has 1 fewer stack, with the 3 additional cards added to the reserves.
Play down by suit on the tableau.
Shuffle through the reserves to help you build out the tableau & foundations.
Build 4 suited ascending foundations starting with the Aces.
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Gold Coast Klondike Solitaire Cards Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions
How to Play
Build down while alternating suit color on the tableau. Build up suited foundations in ascending order starting with the Aces.
Starting the Game
Select the Play button in the center of the welcome screen to start the game.
Under the Play button are buttons for how to play Help, High Scores, and More Games.
The lower left corner of the welcome screen contains a language select dropdown.
The lower right corner of the welcome screen has buttons for social sharing and reading game developer information.
Game Controls
Desktop
Use your mouse left click button to select a card (or a run of cards) and drag it (or them) where you want to play.
Touchscreen devices
Tap the screen with a finger to select a card & drag your finger across the screen to play the card where you want to lay it.
Controls & indicators
The upper left corner contains the reserves, which also shows how many cards remain in the reserves.
The 4 foundations are right of the reserves.
The game’s controls are in the right rail.
The top shows current level number, remaining level time limit, and cumulative game score.
The bottom of the right column contains 5 buttons to control game sounds, control game music, pause the game, turn autoplay to foundations on or off, and switch to full screen mode
Game Play
Deal
The cards are not dealt as per the standard Klondike Solitaire layout.
Each board has a different layout.
On the first level 30 cards are dealt to the tableau with 3 cards per column. 22 cards are dealt to the reserves.
On the second level 27 cards are dealt to the tableau across 9 columns. 25 cards are dealt to the reserves.
On the third level 24 cards are dealt to the tableau with 3 cards per column. 28 cards are dealt to the reserves.
The fourth stage gives you 21 cards across 7 columns on the tableau, while the remaining 31 cards are dealt to the reserves.
The fifth and final stage only gives you 6 columns and 18 cards on the tableau, with the remaining 34 dealt to the reserves.
Playing
On the tableau build down in sequential order while alternating suit colors.
Only Kings (or runs of cards starting with a King) can be moved to empty columns on the tableau.
Build the suited foundations in ascending order starting with the Aces.
You can shuffle through the reserves an unlimited number of times.
Reserves are dealt turn 1.
Since the reserves are dealt turn 1 you should always prefer to play cards from the tableau over cards from the reserves when you have a choice between the two.
Cards which have been laid to a foundation can not be returned to play on the tableau.
The game autoplays some cards to the foundations.
In some cases you have to undo moves or turn autoplay off to allow you to make plays that would be impossible to make with some cards moved to the foundations.
You can also resort columns on the tableau and manually move cards to the foundations.
Levels
This game has 5 levels.
You can’t go back and replay previously beat levels.
Level timers
The first level gives you 6:40 to beat it.
Each subsequent level gives you 20 seconds less than the level prior.
If the timer reaches zero you fail the level.
Select Try Again to replay the current level.
Select End Game to end your game. This will enable you to submit your score to the high score list, but will erase your gameplay data.
Scoring
Your game score is cumulative across levels.
Each card you move to a foundation is worth 10 points.
Each second you have remaining when you beat a level is worth 10 points.
Strategy
Try to use cards on the tableau over cards from the reserves whenever possible.
When choosing between two columns on the tableau try to use cards from columns with multiple face down cards underneath them first.
Whenever you have turned all cards on the tableau face up you can rapidly shuffle through the reserves to have autoplay move all cards across quickly.
Target Audience
The game is suited for players who like Klondike Solitaire card games.
The game has no adult themed content.
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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support
This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.
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