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Original Solitaire
Game info: Puzzle games type; 24 cards; no redeal
- Game time: Medium
- Difficulty level: Medium
- Skill level: Mostly skill
- Chance of winning: High; 1 in 4; 25%
Object of the game: To
exchange places of the cards and obtain six
columns of
Jacks, Queens and Kings in the fewest possible moves.
Solitaire Rules
Tableau (24 cards
in 4 rows of 6)
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Cards may be played to any available gap in the
tableau. At the start of the game, there are four
gaps in the central
tableau column.
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Cards can be moved according to chess rules as follows:
– King. The King may move one place at a time in any
direction: horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
– Queen. The Queen may move any distance in any
row or
column or diagonally.
– Knight. The Knight (Jack) has a peculiar move as "from
corner to diagonally-opposite corner of a rectangle three
squares by two"; in other words, a Jack moves one place up, down
or sideways plus one place diagonally.
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All the Jacks, Queens and Kings must be arranged, regardless of
suit, the reds at the left and the blacks at the right, as shown
in the following scheme:
|
Red |
|
Black |
|
K |
Q |
J |
J |
Q |
K |
|
K |
Q |
J |
J |
Q |
K |
|
K |
Q |
J |
J |
Q |
K |
|
K |
Q |
J |
J |
Q |
K |
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You win if all the cards are correctly arranged and your score
is 100 points or more.
Scoring
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The game starts at: - 52.
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10 points are awarded for each card correctly placed.
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1 point is deducted for each move.
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The highest score theoretically obtainable is 188.
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