Hillside Steps, deal #20
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Hillside Steps: 12% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The pile starts with the Cavallo of Swords. At the start you can reach Ace of Cups, Cavallo of Cups, 2 of Batons, 7 of Coins and 2 of Swords.
None of them is one step away from the Cavallo of Swords, 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 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
- 23 of 200 (12%)
- Starting card on the pile
- Cavallo of Swords
- 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.
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 2 of Batons onto the 3 of Swords.
- Play the Ace of Cups onto the 2 of Batons.