Hillside Steps, deal #3
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 3 of Swords. At the start you can reach 3 of Cups, Re of Swords, 5 of Batons, Fante of Swords and Fante of Cups.
None of them is one step away from the 3 of Swords, so the very first move is a stock card.
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 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 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
- 3 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.
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Play the Fante of Swords onto the Cavallo of Swords.