How to Play Vineyard Solitaire

A patience game with no stock or waste pile—all cards are dealt at once across ten tableau columns. You race to build four foundations while managing alternating color sequences in the tableau.

Setup

1. Deal all 52 cards face up across the 10 tableau columns, one card to each pile in turn until the deck runs out—two columns end up with 6 cards and the other eight get 5.
2. The four foundation piles start empty; you'll move each Ace to its foundation as you uncover it in the tableau.
3. No stock or waste pile—every move must be made between tableau piles or up to the foundations.

How to play

• Build tableau sequences downward in alternating colors: a red 6 goes on a black 7, and so on.
• Move only the top card from each tableau pile; you cannot move sequences together.
• Fill empty tableau spaces with any available card (the top card from another tableau pile).
• Cards that can no longer be built upon in the tableau move to the foundations automatically.
• You can change this auto-move behavior in Settings if you prefer to move foundation cards yourself.
• Expose buried cards by strategically moving top cards to build tableau sequences.
• Plan your moves carefully since every column is visible from the start—you can see all options available.

How to win

Objective: Move all 52 cards to four foundations, building each from Ace up to King in the same suit.

You win when all four foundations reach King in their suit. You're stuck if the tableau locks up and cards remain unplayed.

Tips

• Look for long alternating sequences to expose critical cards early in the game.
• Empty tableau spaces are powerful tools—save them for moments when you need to unlock a valuable card.
• This game rewards careful planning; with all cards visible, you can look several moves ahead before committing.

Play Vineyard free on Windows

CardTray is a free solitaire app for Windows that includes Vineyard alongside 300+ other games. It saves every move as you play, so you can close the window and pick the game up later, replay any deal, and take on a new Daily Challenge deal every day. Browse every game in the Game Gallery.

Related games

More games from the Baker's Dozen family:

• British Canister — A stricter Canister layout: cards move one at a time, tableau piles build in opposite colors, and only a King can claim an empty spot.
• Canister — A straightforward game where all cards are dealt face up at the start with no stock.
• Exiled Kings — A streamlined solitaire where you deal cards to foundations and tableau, building down by rank in the tableau while filling empty spaces only with Kings.
• Four Leaf Clovers — A single-deck game where every card lands on one shared foundation pile, no matter its suit, climbing upward one rank at a time and wrapping from King back to Ace to place all 52 cards.
• Luckier Thirteen — An open-tableau game where you build down in alternating colors across thirteen piles, with the friendly twist that any card can fill an empty pile.