Hillside Steps, deal #15
HardChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Hillside Steps: only 0% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver had to search for a while before finding the way.
The pile starts with the 2 of Batons. At the start you can reach Fante of Cups, 6 of Batons, 5 of Swords, Cavallo of Cups and Cavallo of Swords.
None of them is one step away from the 2 of Batons, so the very first move is a stock card.
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 Fante (4 cards), so its neighbours 7 and Cavallo are the values to keep in sight.
14 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 12 of them.
The solver's winning line has 37 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 37 moves, 12 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 1 of 200 (0%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 2 of Batons
- Cards in the layout
- 25
- Cards in the stock
- 14
- Cards playable at once
- 0
How to approach it
- Since the opening needs the stock, turn one card and stop: trace the chain it allows before playing anything.
- Spread your moves across the columns so that no column is left deep and alone at the end.
- This is a hard deal: use undo to test an idea, and the hint button if you are completely stuck.
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
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Play the Cavallo of Cups onto the Re of Batons.
- Play the Fante of Cups onto the Cavallo of Cups.