Hillside Steps, deal #7
MediumChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Hillside Steps: 0% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The pile starts with the Cavallo of Cups. At the start you can reach Re of Cups, 5 of Batons, 6 of Coins, 3 of Coins and Re of Swords.
2 of them fit on the Cavallo of Cups straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run is a single card before the first stock card is needed.
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 Re (4 cards), so its neighbours Cavallo are the values to keep in sight.
14 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 11 of them.
The solver's winning line has 36 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 36 moves, 11 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 1 of 200 (0%)
- Starting card on the pile
- Cavallo of Cups
- Cards in the layout
- 25
- Cards in the stock
- 14
- Cards playable at once
- 2
- Longest opening run
- 1
How to approach it
- Plan the end values early: each of them needs exactly one neighbour on the pile at the right moment.
- 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 Re of Cups onto the Cavallo of Cups.
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Play the 5 of Swords onto the 6 of Cups.