Play Yeast Dough Solitaire Online — Gypsy Dealt Face Up

Yeast Dough is Gypsy with nothing hidden. Two decks are dealt into eight columns of three, all 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 eighty cards and deals one to every column per click. Eight foundations build up in suit from the ace. Bank all 104 to win.

Setup

Shuffle two decks. Deal three cards face up to each of eight columns. The remaining eighty cards form the stock above eight foundations.

Rules

• Foundations build up in suit from the ace; each suit has two piles.
• 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.
• 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 eight foundations are complete.

Strategy

With every card visible the opening can be planned in full, and the stock is the only unknown. Eighty cards are ten rows, and each row buries what you have arranged; the game is won by making the columns ready to absorb each row before it comes.

• 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.
• Sort before you deal. A column whose top card is a low card of a colour welcomes the next row; a column topped by a king takes nothing but a queen.
• Empty a column early. A space absorbs a whole packed run and gives the next row a fresh start.
• Read the stock's order. It never reshuffles, so an undone deal tells you the next row exactly.

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

Yeast Dough is Gypsy's open sibling on the Yukon engine: the same deal and rule with the two hidden rows turned face up. Gypsy itself is on this site as its own game.

Other Games to Try

• Gypsy — two hidden rows under one face up
• Milligan Harp — the line's hidden staircase
• Eternal Triangle — a ten-column open staircase, kings into spaces
• Eclipse — thirteen columns built down in suit

About This Online Version

Yeast Dough 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.