About TriPeaks Solitaire – Play TriPeaks Online
TriPeaks Solitaire is a fast card game built around three overlapping peaks. The objective in FlyOrDie TriPeaks is to remove every card from the three peaks.
You remove one free tableau card at a time by placing it on the waste pile when its rank is exactly one higher or one lower than the current waste card. Suits and colors do not matter.
Long chains of consecutive moves are especially useful because they let you clear cards without using another stock card.
Which cards can be removed?
Only a free card can be played. A card is free when no other peak card covers it.
If the waste card is an 8, an exposed 7 or 9 can be played on it.
That newly played card then becomes the top card of the waste pile and determines the next possible ranks.
Do suits matter?
No. TriPeaks uses rank only.
A 7 of hearts can be played on an 8 of clubs just as easily as a 7 of clubs. The important condition is that the ranks differ by exactly one.
Can you move more than one tableau card at once?
No. Cards are removed from the peaks one at a time.
The cards remaining in the three peaks cannot be rearranged or moved into empty spaces.
The layout changes only as exposed cards are removed and the cards they were covering become available.
Can a King be played on an Ace?
That depends on the selected FlyOrDie game mode.
- In Open mode, Ace and King are considered adjacent.
- In Classic mode, Ace and King are also considered adjacent.
- In Hard mode, Ace and King are not adjacent.
So in Open and Classic modes, a King can follow an Ace and an Ace can follow a King. In Hard mode, the sequence stops at those ranks.
What is different about Open mode?
Open mode may show cards that would otherwise be hidden, but seeing a card does not make it playable.
A card that is still covered by another peak card cannot be moved, even when its face is visible.
The normal free-card rule continues to apply.
How does the stock work?
The stock is drawn one card at a time.
When no useful peak card can be played, the next stock card becomes the new top card of the waste pile.
The stock can only be passed through once. There is no redeal.
This makes every stock card valuable. Long tableau sequences conserve the remaining stock for later.
Is there a foundation?
TriPeaks does not use a separate foundation that builds by suit or rank.
A removed peak card simply becomes the new top card of the waste pile.
Once a card has been moved from the peaks to the waste, it cannot be placed back into the layout.
Why are long chains important?
Each peak card removed without drawing from the stock saves a stock card for later.
A sequence can change direction as often as necessary. For example, a run such as:
6 → 7 → 8 → 7 → 6 → 5
is legal if every selected card is free when played.
Which of two playable cards should you choose?
When several legal cards are available, look at what each one will uncover and what ranks may become playable next.
One move may expose another immediately playable card, while another may leave you with no continuation and force you to draw from the stock.
Strong TriPeaks play is therefore about keeping the current chain alive while opening new parts of the peaks.
You do not need to empty the stock
The goal is to clear the three peaks. If the last peak card is removed while stock cards remain, the game is complete.
The stock exists only to provide new starting ranks when the current waste card cannot continue the sequence.
Play TriPeaks Solitaire online on FlyOrDie
FlyOrDie TriPeaks combines a simple one-rank rule with three different modes that change how Ace and King interact and how much information is visible.
Remove free cards one at a time, build long runs whenever possible and conserve the stock because it can only be used once.
The game is easy to understand, but choosing the right branch of a sequence can determine whether you clear all three peaks or run out of playable cards.
