FreeCell has probably become at least the second most popular type of solitaire since its inclusion in Win95. Even though FreeCell requires considerable strategy, winning is still quite common for experienced players. The frequency of victory can be decreased (or increased), by setting the game's options appropriately. The most notable variation is in the number of free cells, which can range from one to eight. (FreeCell Instructions)

Canfield is a classic variation of solitaire which originated in an upstate New York casino in the 1890s. Gamblers paid $50 per game and received back $5 for every card they moved to the suit stacks. As you would expect, the rules were designed so that players would remove, on average, fewer than the ten cards needed to break even. Removing all cards and attaining victory is quite rare, but can be made somewhat more common by using easier options. (Canfield Instructions)

Klondike is almost certainly the most famous type of solitaire, but is probably not the most mentally challenging. To give strategy a bigger role, this implementation has a deck display option which will list the upcoming cards in the deck (after the initial pass through it). This will enable planning to obtain the optimal deck order in the subsequent pass. Other options are available which alter the difficulty of the game. (Klondike Instructions)

Pyramid has the objective of eliminating the entire deck by finding pairs of cards which total thirteen (Kings are eliminated singly). At the start of the game, only the cards in bottom row of the pyramid are available. The other rows in the pyramid become accessible as the cards below them are removed. (Pyramid Instructions)

Spider is a challenging (and time-consuming) game using two decks. While Spider has the usual objective of arranging all suits in order, Spider does not provide a stack for each suit to be assembled in. Instead, the suits must be ordered in the building stacks and are then moved to a discard pile. The game is won when all cards in both decks are in the discard pile. Stacks in Spider can be built with any suit, but multiple cards moved between stacks must all have the same suit. Several non-standard options have been implemented to make the game less daunting for beginners. (Spider Instructions)

Yukon begins with the same layout as Klondike, but the remaining 24 cards are placed face up on the stacks instead of being cycled through 3 cards at a time. Yukon has the most liberal card moving rules of any game on this site. Not only can an unlimited number of cards be moved at a time, the transferred cards do not even need to be in order. (Yukon Instructions)

La Belle Lucie La Belle Lucie is a deceptively complex game with simple rules which requires considerable forethought and fortunate in-game reshuffling to win. One "cheat" (also called a merci) is allowed per game. (La Belle Lucie Instructions)

Golf is a fast-moving game which has nothing to do with its title besides some of the terminology it uses. The quick pace of Golf facilitates playing several games in succession, with each game considered a "hole", and the total number of cards remaining compared to "par". The objective of Golf solitaire is to put all the cards in the layout in a single pile instead of placing the deck in four suit stacks. (Golf Instructions)