Play Bim Bom Solitaire Online — Australian Patience on Two Decks

Bim Bom takes the Australian move to two decks. Eight columns of five are dealt face up; any face-up card may be moved with everything above it — Yukon's move — and columns build down in suit. Any card may fill a space. A stock of sixty-four turns one card at a time to a waste, with no redeal. Eight foundations build up from the ace, two per suit; bank all 104 to win.

Setup

Shuffle two decks together. Deal eight columns of five cards, all face up. The remaining sixty-four 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, and either takes its next card.
• 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.
• Spaces take any card, from a column or from 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

Sixty-four cards in a one-pass stock is the whole difficulty: most of both decks arrives one card at a time, and each card you cannot place buries the ones beneath it. The open spaces and the twins are the answer.

• Make spaces and keep them working. Any card takes a space, so a cleared column is where a waste card with no host goes. Two spaces let you sort the waste as it comes.
• Twins double the hosts. A seven of spades has two eights of spades to land on. When one is buried, find the other before you park.
• Carry tails. Yukon's move lifts any face-up card with its tail; a host under three cards is one move away.
• Turn slowly. Make every tableau move before you turn the next card; the waste only shows its top.
• Balance the foundations. Two foundations of a suit at the same rank fight over one card; at different ranks they take two.
• Bank at once. Nothing is gained by holding a low card in suit-building play.

Where It Sits in the Yukon Family

Bim Bom is a PySolFC original: Raw Prawn's rules — the Australian move, the suit build, open spaces, a one-pass stock — on two decks and eight columns dealt five deep. Outback Patience is its neighbour with the king rule kept and seven rows dealt.

Other Games to Try

• Raw Prawn — the one-deck original with open spaces
• Outback Patience — two decks, kings only, seven deep
• Double Russian — two decks in suit with no stock
• Australian Patience — the one-deck line's parent

About This Version

Bim Bom 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.