Play Outback Patience Solitaire Online — Australian Patience, Two Decks Deep

Outback Patience is Australian Patience on two decks and dealt deep. Eight columns of seven are dealt face up; any face-up card may be moved with everything above it — Yukon's move — and columns build down in suit. Only a king may fill a space. A stock of forty-eight turns one card at a time to a waste, with no redeal. Eight foundations build up from the ace; bank all 104 to win.

Setup

Shuffle two decks together. Deal eight columns of seven cards, all face up. The remaining forty-eight cards form the stock, face down; the waste and the eight foundations start empty.

Rules

• Foundations build up in suit from ace to king; each suit has two.
• Building: a card goes only on the card one rank higher of the same suit.
• The Yukon move: any face-up card may be moved with every card above it, packed or not.
• Only a king may enter an empty column, from a column or the waste.
• Stock: click to turn one card to the waste; the waste's top card is in play.
• No redeal.
• Win when all eight foundations are complete.

Strategy

Seven-deep columns hold most of both decks in view, and the stock is shorter than Bim Bom's — but the spaces take only kings, so a cleared column is worth exactly one king and the run it will carry.

• Choose the king before the space. Empty a column only when a king with cards to build under it is ready. A space with no king waiting is a column doing nothing.
• Carry tails to reach hosts. Yukon's move lifts any face-up card with everything on it. Seven-deep columns hide nothing, so plan the lift that exposes the host you need.
• Twins are your second chance. Every host exists twice. When one is buried under a tail you cannot place, look for the other.
• Turn late. Forty-eight cards come once. Make every tableau move first; the waste shows only its top card.
• Balance the foundations. Two foundations of a suit rising together take two different cards.
• Bank at once. A banked low card is one fewer host you will have to find.

Where It Sits in the Yukon Family

Outback Patience is Australian Patience's two-deck sibling: the same move, suit build, king rule and one-pass stock on eight columns dealt seven deep. Bim Bom is the neighbouring two-deck game with open spaces and a five-deep deal; Raw Prawn opens the spaces on one deck.

Other Games to Try

• Australian Patience — the one-deck original
• Bim Bom — two decks with open spaces
• Raw Prawn — one deck with open spaces
• Double Russian — two decks in suit with no stock

About This Version

Outback Patience runs in your browser — free, no download, no sign-up. Install it as an app on your phone or computer and it works offline. You get unlimited undo, a hint button that names a legal move, statistics that track your wins and times, and seeded deals: every game has a seed you can replay, so a board you enjoyed (or lost) can be played again exactly.