![]() Extra points are given for every peak demolished and for every card remaining on the table when the game is won. There are a number of bonuses awarded in Tri Peaks. A game is over either when the peaks have been demolished (meaning you win), or when building can no longer occur and is impossible to complete. Aces building on Kings and Kings building on Aces will restart a sequence. If building has stalled it is possible to use cards from the stock pile to kick-start the game. For example, the 5 of Diamonds, 5 of Clubs or 7 of Hearts can be built on the 6 of Spades. Cards that are placed on the waste pile must be lower or higher by one number than the card already on the pile. No game of Solitaire, however, is ever as straight-forward as simply moving cards from one pile to another. Overlapping these pyramids, a further ten cards are dealt face-up with the remaining cards used to make up a stock pile, one of which is lies face-up, creating the waste pile.Īs the player, your aim is to move all cards from the layout to the waste pile. 18 cards are dealt in overlapping and face-down to make three pyramids. Where the Klondike version of solitaire relies a lot on luck, Tri Peaks requires a lot more thought and skill to complete.Īs the name suggests, Tri Peaks involves three peaks, these are formed in the shape of pyramids. Like all of the spin-off versions of solitaire, Tri Peaks remains respectful to the original game and while the gameplay is different, the end goal is the same. Tri Peaks, however, is not a new game in fact, it was created way back in 1989 by Robert Hogue - who, incidentally, still develops and updates of the game. You may play this game embedded in the above iframe or click here to view it in a separate browser window by itself.Tri Peaks Solitaire (some of you may know it as Tri Towers, Magic Towers or Three Towers), offers fans of the original Klondike format something different, a new task in fresh surroundings. The game does not have an "undo move" button, which makes it more challenging than games which have that feature. Games are scored based upon how many cards are removed from the playing field and how quickly the player completes the game.īuttons across the top of the screen allow the player to turn music on or off, expand the game to full screen, read playing instructions, restart the game, or exit the game.The game is lost if the player has shuffled through the waste pile and there are still cards remaining on the playing field.The game is over and the player has won if all cards are removed from the field.When the cards on the row below a card are removed from a card on the playing field the card is turned over and can also be removed if the card atop the waste pile is one above or below it.Players may remove cards which are either one higher or lower than the top card showing on the waste pile. ![]() Players can shuffle through the remaining 24 cards in the deck twice to try to remove all cards from the playing field.Cards are dealt showing 3 4-row pyramids which connect at the bottom row, with 28 cards on the playing field.How to Play TriPeaks Solitaire General Instructions Try the game in it's own window by clicking here. You can play this game on computers powered by the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Apple OS X Mac operating system, and mobile phones like the iPhone powered by iOS or Google Android powered Samsung. These games are rendered using JavaScript and a mobile-friendly HTML design, so they work on desktop computers, laptops like the Google Chromebook, tablets like the iPad or Amazon Kindle Fire, and mobile devices like the iPhone. Almost every game in our collection was created using a game building tool named Construct.
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