Introduction: Klondike Solitaire is perhaps the most popular solitaire card game around. It is easy to play, very relaxing, and doesn't take a lot of time per game.
Thumb and Pouch is similar to Klondike Deal 1 with the following exceptions. Cards are build down on the tableau in any suit but the same, gaps are filled with any card or valid sequence, cards may not be moved from the foundation piles, and there are no redeals allowed.
Goal: Build up all cards in sequence, from ace to king, on the four foundation piles.
Time: About 5-6 minutes
Wins: Often
Decks: One Deck
Layout: The initial layout for Thumb and Pouch is identical to that of Klondike Deal 1.
Play:The goal in Thumb and Pouch is to build each foundation pile in suit from ace to king (Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King). So, as soon as you come across an Ace, place it in any foundation pile that hasn't been started yet. Then when you uncover a 2 in the same suit, place it on the ace, then place a 3, etc.
The face-up cards on the tableau are available for play. In order to build up the foundation, you need to uncover the face-down cards in the tableau, to get them into play. You do this by moving tableau cards onto the foundation and onto other columns in the tableau. Cards on the tableau are build down in any suit but the same. So, in this way, either queen of hearts may be placed onto either black king, or onto the king of diamonds, but not onto the king of hearts. These face-up cards are overlapped, so that you can see what they are. The high card is a king and the low card is an ace, so a king may not be placed on an ace in Klondike. When a face-down card becomes uncovered, and hence, becomes the top-most card in a column , that face-down card is now turned face-up and is now available for play. Cards in sequence on a column in the tableau may be moved as a unit. So a sequence consisting of a 9 of clubs, 8 of hearts, 7 of diamonds, 6 of hearts, 5 of spades, 4 of hearts, and 3 of spades may, as a single unit, be moved onto any 10 but the ten of clubs.
When no more moves can be made on the tableau and foundation, turn over the top card of the stock pile to place it face-up in the waste pile. If that card can be placed onto the foundation, do so. (Tip: It is generally a good idea to build up the four foundation piles roughly evenly. If one foundation pile has more than a couple more cards in it than the other foundation piles, the foundation cards may not be available to be used in the tableau for building sequences, moving cards, and uncovering the face-down cards.) Thumb & Pouch is one Klondike game where cards may not be taken off the foundation and placed on the tableau. The top card from the waste pile may also be placed onto a tableau column, if it follows a valid sequence. Gaps in the tableau may be filled with any card or valid sequence. Creating a gap, and getting the face-down cards uncovered and available for play is usually a good move in this Klondike variation of solitaire.
Continue playing in this manner. Move cards from the waste pile to the tableau and the foundation, and from the tableau to the foundation and within the tableau, and occasionally from the foundation back to the tableau, trying to uncover face-down tableau cards and move them to the foundation. When the stock pile is empty, there are no redeals.
Gaps: Gaps in the tableau in Klondike are made when all of the cards are moved out of a column of the tableau. When this happens, the gap may be filled with any card or valid sequence.
Redeals: In this variation of Klondike Solitaire, there are no redeals. When there are no more cards on the stock pile, and no more moves on the tableau and foundation, then the game is over.