LUISS

2014Experiment

“Target The Two”  Solitaire

RED GROUP        BLUE GROUP

  PLAY                 PLAY  

 

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The game is played with a deck of 6 cards: 2♥, 3♥, 4♥ and   2♣ , 3♣, 4♣  which are arranged by threes in two horizontal rows. 

The three positions in the first row are labeled respectively “Color”, “Target” and “Number”. The card in the Target position is always face-up; the other two cards are face-down, the Player can click on them – when marked by a green edge –  to display their face.

The cards in two out of the three positions in the second row are face down, while the one in the middle is face up: these positions are labeled, respectively, “DownColor”, “Up” and “DownNumber”.

The game ends when the player puts 2♥ in Target position.  The player  moves alternatively from position “Color” and “Number” and may exchange without restriction  the card with the cards in the second raw.

Exchanges form “Color” od “Number position with the other cards of the first raw are constrained:

1 Direct exchange from Color to Number position is not allowed.

2 From Number position the player may exchange his card with the card placed in Target position only if the two cards are of the same number (e.g. exchange 3♥ with 3♣ or 2♥ with 2♣  ).

3 From Color position the player may exchange his own card with the card placed in Target position only if they have the same color (e.g. exchange . (e.g. exchange 2♥, with 4♥, or 2♣ with 3♣  ).

The player moves alternatively from Color and from Number position and exchange his card with one of the cards on the board until is able to put 2♥ in the Target area.  There is an additional move, called “Pass”.  When the player decides to “Pass” he skips the move from Color to Number position or viceversa.

The game ends when the player puts 2♥ in Target position.  Aim of the game is to put 2♥ into the Target positions in as few moves as possible.

 

 Summarizing the constraints to moves are: 

– Exchanges of a card in Color or Number positions with the cards in the  second raw are allowed without restrictions

– Direct exchange from Color to Number position is not allowed.

Exchanging the card in the Color position with the card in the Target position is only allowed when the two cards are of the same color  

Exchanging  the card in the Number position with the card in the Target position is only allowed when the two cards are of the same number.

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