Play Westhaven Solitaire Online — Westcliff With a Row-Dealing Stock

Westhaven is Westcliff whose stock deals rows. One deck is dealt into ten columns of three, the top card of each face up. Columns build down in alternating colours and a packed run moves as a unit; any card or run fills a space. The stock holds twenty-two cards and deals one to every column per click. Four foundations build up in suit from the ace. Bank all 52 to win.

Setup

Deal three cards to each of ten columns, the top one face up. The remaining twenty-two cards form the stock: two full rows and a last row of two.

Rules

• Foundations build up in suit from the ace; a banked card never returns.
• Columns build down in alternating colours.
• Runs travel packed. A group of cards moves as a unit only when every card in it sits one rank lower and the other colour from the card beneath; a loose tail cannot be lifted.
• Hidden cards turn face up the moment the card on them leaves.
• Any card or run fills a space.
• The stock deals a row: one card face up to every column per click, an empty column included, as far as the cards go. There is no waste and no redeal.
• Win when all four foundations are complete.

Strategy

Twenty hidden cards and a short stock make Westhaven quick and forgiving. The stock's three rows cover every column, so the aim is to have the columns sorted low-card-up before each deal, and to spend the empty columns on runs that free hidden cards.

• Deal only when stuck. A row covers every column at once, an empty one included, and cannot be taken back except by undo. Play everything that will go before you click the stock.
• Keep runs packed. Only a packed run travels, so a card dropped out of sequence freezes everything above it until the run is rebuilt.
• Bank as you go. Foundations are one-way; a card on a foundation never blocks a column again.
• Turn the hidden cards. Two are under every column; a move that exposes one is worth more than any build.
• Spaces take anything. Use an empty column to park a card that blocks a hidden one, then bring it back.
• Only three deals. Twenty-two cards are two rows of ten and a last of two; plan for the board you will have after them.

Every game in this line runs on one clock: the stock. It never reshuffles and never comes back, so the number of rows left is the number of times the board can change on its own. Deal a row to reach a card you need only when no move can reach it, and before each deal read the tops of the columns, because those are the cards the row will bury. The hint button names a legal move; when it names the stock, nothing else is left.

Where It Sits in the Gypsy Line

Westhaven is Westcliff's board with Gypsy's stock: where Westcliff turns cards to a waste, Westhaven deals a row. It is the line's one-deck member on the Yukon engine.

Other Games to Try

• Westcliff — the same board with a waste-turning stock
• Easthaven — seven columns with a row-dealing stock
• Yeast Dough — the two-deck open form of Gypsy
• Klondike — the classic

About This Online Version

Westhaven 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.