Comparison
Klondike vs Spider (One Suit)
| Klondike | Spider (One Suit) | |
|---|---|---|
| Decks | One deck | 2 decks |
| Suits | 4 | 1 |
| Typical length | 10 min | 12 min |
| Difficulty | Beginner | Easy |
| How much skill matters | Medium | Medium |
| How much the shuffle matters | Medium | Low |
| Family | Klondike family | Spider family |
| Good for beginners | Yes | Yes |
We have not written a verdict for this pairing. The comparison above is drawn from each game's own recorded facts — follow either link for its full rules and strategy.
Klondike
The best-known solitaire game: build tableau columns down in alternating colors and move cards up to four suit foundations.
Deal seven columns, the first holding one card and the seventh holding seven, with only the top card of each face up. Build the columns downward in alternating colours — a red six onto a black seven — and move cards up to four foundation piles that each build a suit from Ace to King.
Spider (One Suit)
The easiest Spider variant, played with a single suit repeated across both decks.
The full Spider layout — two decks, ten columns, 54 cards dealt — played with only one suit, usually spades, repeated eight times. Because every card shares a suit, every descending run is automatically an in-suit run, so any ordered sequence moves as a unit.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is harder, Klondike or Spider (One Suit)?
- Klondike is generally rated beginner difficulty, while Spider (One Suit) is rated easy — so most players find one noticeably harder than the other.