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