Hillside Steps, deal #29
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Hillside Steps: 1% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The pile starts with the Ace of Coins. At the start you can reach 2 of Cups, 6 of Coins, 2 of Coins, 3 of Coins and Re of Swords.
2 of them fit on the Ace of Coins straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 9 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 3 (4 cards), so its neighbours 2 and 4 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
- 2 of 200 (1%)
- Starting card on the pile
- Ace of Coins
- Cards in the layout
- 25
- Cards in the stock
- 14
- Cards playable at once
- 2
- Longest opening run
- 9
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 2 of Cups onto the Ace of Coins.
- Play the 3 of Coins onto the 2 of Cups.
- Play the 2 of Batons onto the 3 of Coins.