Alaska (solitaire)

This article is about the game Alaska. To know more about the state, see the Alaska article.

Alaska is a solitaire game using one deck of playing cards, and is quite similar to the game "Yukon". It is said to be more difficult than "Yukon" due to the difference in Tableau building. The object of the game is to move all cards to the Foundations.

Layout

Alaska has four Foundations that build up from Ace to King in suit.

Here is an example: A♥, 2♥, 3♥, 4♥...

The game includes seven Tableau Stacks.

Alaska Layout

Rules

The cards in the Tableau build up or down in suit.

Here is an example: 6♠, 7♠, 8♠, 9♠... OR 5♠, 4♠, 3♠, 2♠...

Any faced-up card can be moved, even if there are other unrelated cards on top of it. Only Kings can fill empty spaces in the Tableau. The game is won after all cards have been moved to the Foundations.

Computer Versions

MindJolt released a computer version called Alaska Solitaire.
Goodsol Development Inc. released a computer version called Goodsol Solitaire 101. This computer version includes Alaska and many other games as well.
Polymorphic Solitaire created a computer version called Alaska Solitaire.
DogMelon also released a computer version called Classic Solitaire. This version has many different solitaire games, including Alaska.
Goodsol Development Inc. also released a computer version called Pretty Good Solitaire (Windows Software). This version has 800 different solitaire games, including Alaska.

Mobile Versions

DogMelon released a mobile version called 27 Solitaire Games. This version has a few different solitaire games, including Alaska.
Tesseract Mobile created a mobile version of Alaska called Solitaire MegaPack. This version includes Alaska and over 150 other solitaire games.
Hovr also released a computer version called 19 Solitaire. This version has a couple different solitaire games, including Alaska.

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