Hillside Steps, deal #23
MediumChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Hillside Steps: 6% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The pile starts with the 7 of Swords. At the start you can reach 7 of Cups, Re of Cups, 4 of Batons, 7 of Coins and 3 of Coins.
None of them is one step away from the 7 of Swords, so the very first move is a stock card.
6 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
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 39 moves, 14 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 11 of 200 (6%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 7 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.
- Plan the end values early: each of them needs exactly one neighbour on the pile at the right moment.
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 3 of Coins onto the 2 of Swords.
- Play the 4 of Batons onto the 3 of Coins.