Hillside Steps, deal #19
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Hillside Steps: 18% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The pile starts with the 2 of Swords. At the start you can reach Ace of Swords, Cavallo of Batons, 2 of Batons, 7 of Swords and 2 of Coins.
One of them fits on the 2 of Swords straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 2 cards before the first stock card is needed.
3 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 6 (4 cards), so its neighbours 5 and 7 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
- 36 of 200 (18%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 2 of Swords
- 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 Ace of Swords onto the 2 of Swords.
- Play the 2 of Batons onto the Ace of Swords.
- Turn a card from the stock.