Hillside Steps, deal #16
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 Cavallo of Batons. At the start you can reach Cavallo of Cups, Fante of Batons, Re of Coins, Fante of Coins and Cavallo of Coins.
3 of them fit on the Cavallo of Batons straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 5 cards before the first stock card is needed.
7 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 Re (4 cards), so its neighbours Cavallo are the values to keep in sight.
14 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 13 of them.
The solver's winning line has 38 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 38 moves, 13 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 0 of 200 (0%)
- Starting card on the pile
- Cavallo of Batons
- Cards in the layout
- 25
- Cards in the stock
- 14
- Cards playable at once
- 3
- Longest opening run
- 5
How to approach it
- Follow the long opening run, but at every fork check which choice leaves a card for the next step.
- Plan the end values early: each of them needs exactly one neighbour on the pile at the right moment.
- 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
- Play the Re of Coins onto the Cavallo of Batons.
- Play the Cavallo of Cups onto the Re of Coins.
- Play the Re of Cups onto the Cavallo of Cups.