Hillside Steps, deal #17
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Hillside Steps: 4% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The pile starts with the 3 of Cups. At the start you can reach 4 of Coins, 7 of Swords, Ace of Coins, 5 of Swords and 4 of Swords.
2 of them fit on the 3 of Cups straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 7 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 5 (4 cards), so its neighbours 4 and 6 are the values to keep in sight.
14 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 11 of them.
The solver's winning line has 36 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 36 moves, 11 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 7 of 200 (4%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 3 of Cups
- Cards in the layout
- 25
- Cards in the stock
- 14
- Cards playable at once
- 2
- Longest opening run
- 7
How to approach it
- Follow the long opening run, but at every fork check which choice leaves a card for the next step.
- 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 4 of Coins onto the 3 of Cups.
- Play the 5 of Swords onto the 4 of Coins.
- Play the 6 of Coins onto the 5 of Swords.