Hillside Steps, deal #11
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Hillside Steps: 9% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The pile starts with the Cavallo of Batons. At the start you can reach 5 of Coins, Fante of Batons, 4 of Coins, 3 of Coins and Cavallo of Swords.
One of them fits on the Cavallo of Batons straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 2 cards before the first stock card is needed.
4 cards in the layout are end values (Ace and Re), which connect in one direction only – the cards most likely to be left behind.
The most common value in the layout is 2 (4 cards), so its neighbours Ace and 3 are the values to keep in sight.
14 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 14 of them.
The solver's winning line has 39 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 39 moves, 14 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 18 of 200 (9%)
- Starting card on the pile
- Cavallo of Batons
- Cards in the layout
- 25
- Cards in the stock
- 14
- Cards playable at once
- 1
- Longest opening run
- 2
How to approach it
- Spread your moves across the columns so that no column is left deep and alone at the end.
A winning start
These are the first moves of the solver's winning line. Open them only if you want a nudge.
Show the first three moves
- Play the Fante of Batons onto the Cavallo of Batons.
- Play the Cavallo of Swords onto the Fante of Batons.
- Turn a card from the stock.