Thirteen columns, every card in view, and Kings sent to the bottom before you start: a patience you can win with careful play.
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How to play
Baker's Dozen uses one 52-card pack, dealt face up into thirteen columns of four cards. Before play begins, any King that isn't already at the bottom of its column is moved to the bottom; two Kings in one column keep their order.
Only the top card of each column can be moved, one card at a time.
Aces go to the foundations as soon as they're free, and each foundation builds up in its suit to the King.
On the columns, a card goes on one a rank higher, of any suit: any 7 on any 8.
Once a column is empty it can never be filled again.
You win when all 52 cards are on the foundations.
Controls
Tap a face-up card to pick it up, then tap the pile where it should go. Piles where it fits are highlighted.
Double-tap a card to send it to a foundation, if it can go there.
Undo takes back a move, as many times as you like. Auto-finish sends every card it can to the foundations.
Game modes
Daily: everyone gets the same deal each day.
New Game: a fresh deal.
Scoring
5 points for each card on the foundations, plus 500 and a time bonus (up to 1,200, less a point a second) for getting them all home.
Tips & strategy
Find the Aces and the 2s first, and work out which columns you need to dig through to reach them.
Because columns build regardless of suit, there's often a choice of where to put a card: put it where it won't bury a card you need soon.
An emptied column is gone for good, so don't rush to clear one if its cards could have been useful targets.
Origins
Baker's Dozen is so called because of its 13 columns, the number in a baker's dozen. According to Wikipedia, it was first published by William Brisbane Dick in 1883, and its rules have changed little since. In Dick's version the packets were dealt face down with only the top card turned up; later versions deal all thirteen columns face up, so every card is visible, which makes the game easier. Related games include Spanish Patience, in which any card may fill an empty column, and Good Measure. The rules here follow Wikipedia's description, written in our own words.
About Baker's Dozen
Baker's Dozen is a free browser version of the classic solitaire card game, with a daily deal, unlimited undo and online leaderboards. There's nothing to download and no sign-up.
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