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How to play Double Klondike

Move all 104 cards onto the eight foundations, building each one up from ace to king by suit. Two full decks means two foundations per suit.

Nine tableau columns hold one to nine cards each (45 in all), with only the top card face up. The remaining 59 cards form the stock.

On the tableau, build downward in alternating colors, exactly like classic Klondike.
Face-up runs move together, and only a king can fill an empty column.
Tap the stock to deal to the waste; when it empties, tap again to recycle as often as you like.
Aces start the foundations. With two of every ace, eight piles need filling.

Double Klondike tips

Duplicate cards cut both ways: two black sevens can hold your red six, but both can also clog the same column.
With eight foundations there is almost always a home for an ace or two. Bank them early.
The deep columns on the right hide up to eight cards each. Dig there first.

Double Klondike, also known as Gargantua, is classic Klondike scaled up to two full decks: 104 cards, nine tableau columns, and eight foundations. Every rule you already know carries over unchanged. What changes is the size of the job and the strange new freedom of having two copies of every card.

If you have never played the single-deck game, learn it first on the classic table with the how to play guide beside you. This page will still be here when 52 cards start feeling small.

What two decks change

Duplicates rewrite your instincts. In classic Klondike, the black seven you need is in exactly one place; here there are two, so you are half as likely to be truly blocked. But duplicates also create traps the single-deck game cannot: two identical cards can end up stacked in one column, where the second is pure dead weight until the first moves out.

The foundations feel different too. With eight of them, aces and twos almost always have somewhere to go, and the early game runs faster than classic. The endgame is where Double Klondike earns its name: eight piles each need to reach their king, and the deep starting columns of eight and nine cards hold out longest.

Passes, redeals, and this table

The traditional Gargantua rule allows just one redeal, two passes total. Like most online versions, this table plays unlimited passes, which keeps a 104-card game from ending on a technicality. The board fits nine columns on any screen; on a phone the cards run small, so if you are on a bigger screen and want them larger, the big cards setting raises the size cap. General Klondike thinking still wins here, and the strategy guide covers habits that scale up well.

Double Klondike FAQ

How is Double Klondike different from classic Klondike?

It uses two full decks, 104 cards instead of 52. The tableau grows from seven columns to nine, dealt one to nine cards, and there are eight foundations instead of four. All the moves are identical: build down in alternating colors, kings fill empty columns, aces start foundations.

Are there really two of every card?

Yes, two identical copies of all 52 cards. Each foundation still builds one suit from ace to king, so each suit fills two separate foundations. On the tableau either copy works: both red queens can hold a black jack, and either black jack can sit on either red queen.

Is Double Klondike harder than regular Klondike?

It is longer rather than strictly harder. Duplicate cards and eight foundations give you more outs, so fewer positions are hopeless, but a full game takes roughly twice the moves and more sustained attention. Think of it as a marathon version of a game you already know.

How many passes through the stock do I get?

Unlimited on this table. When the stock runs out, tap it and the waste flips back over for another pass. The strict traditional rule allows only one redeal, so purists can simply stop after their second pass, but we default to the friendlier convention most online versions use.