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Solitaire Alone Together

162 points · 34 comments · eieio

  1. raspo · · focus · HN ↗
    Was solitaire always this hard, or have I forgotten how to play this game? I tried a few games and failed every time :)
    1. MattSayar · · focus · HN ↗
      Only something like 10-20% of games are winnable.
    2. slig · · focus · HN ↗
      Maybe you're remembering the Turn-1 instead of this Turn-3?
    3. noja · · focus · HN ↗
      Many solitaire games will not give you an unsolvable puzzle to play. I think freecell only had one (by accident)
      1. gosub100 · · focus · HN ↗
        Can't remember if I saw it on HN or searched for it, but you can search for the hardest solvable freecell games. I drove myself partially insane trying to solve one. Only got about halfway before I caved

        (If you don't have access to windows you can run one of those web based windows desktop lookalikes written in JS).

      2. amiga386 · · focus · HN ↗
        Microsoft Solitaire (Klondike) frequently gives you unsolvable hands, especially if you're using Draw-3.

        FreeCell &quot;is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that very few deals are unsolvable&quot; (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;FreeCell" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;FreeCell) i.e. most solitaire games deals are unsolvable.

        As you said, Microsoft FreeCell does only deal one unsolvable puzzle as standard (#11982 out of 32000) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.solitairelaboratory.com&#x2F;fcfaq.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.solitairelaboratory.com&#x2F;fcfaq.html

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