TriPeaks Solitaire
TriPeaks spreads three overlapping peaks of cards and asks you to clear them one at a time, playing anything one higher or one lower than the card showing. Long chains build up quickly, which is most of the pleasure.
How to play TriPeaks Solitaire
The cards are dealt as three small peaks. The goal is to clear every card from the peaks.
Tap any uncovered card that is one higher or one lower than the top card of the discard pile, whatever the suit. An Ace and a King count as neighbours, so a run can go round the corner.
Cards higher up a peak become available as the cards covering them are removed. When nothing fits, tap the face-down pile for a new card.
Long runs are the key: the more cards you play before turning a new one, the better your chances. Every deal you are given can be won.
You can play entirely with the keyboard: Tab puts a cursor on the table, the arrow keys move it, Enter picks a card up and puts it down, and S reads out everything on the table.
Questions people ask
Does an Ace follow a King?
Yes. The sequence wraps around here, so a King can go on an Ace and an Ace on a King. That is what makes the long runs possible.
Which cards can I play?
Any card with nothing overlapping it. Clearing a card uncovers the ones beneath, so the peaks come apart from the bottom edge upwards.
What is the best opening?
Look for the longest chain before you play anything, rather than taking the first legal card. The order you clear the bottom row in decides which peaks you can reach later.