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| :I don't understand why it's so difficult to compute the possible number of winning games of solitate. It would take time, yes, but I'm just shocked no one has done it. ] 05:09, 6 June 2006 (UTC) | :I don't understand why it's so difficult to compute the possible number of winning games of solitate. It would take time, yes, but I'm just shocked no one has done it. ] 05:09, 6 June 2006 (UTC) | ||
| ::There's about 2 billion possible deals; if it ever is found out, I'm sure it won't just be one person doing all the work. ] 17:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
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How many ways are there to make Klondike as easy or difficult as you like?? Here they are. You are free to add more if you can:
Redeals:
You can set not to allow redealing, or to allow 1, 2, 3, or 4 redeals, or to redeal as often as you like. Setting this option to a low number means a harder game.
Draw:
You can set this to 1, 2, or 3 cards at a time. Setting this option to a high number means a harder game.
Filling Empty Columns:
You can select this to any card, only a king, only a card from the stock as long as the stock isn't empty, and no card at all. The last of these would mean a really difficult game.
Suit discrimination:
Equal suit, equal color, unequal color, and no suit discrimination. This gives 16 variants because there are 2 suit discriminations that are not necessarily the same, how the foundations are built up and how the columns are built down. The easiest of these is obviously no suit discrimination at all.
Klondike (solitaire)
Moved from Klondike solitaire to be in line with other solitaire game article names. -- Netoholic 04:47, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
The "(5.0)" on the picture is unnecessary - the version number in the about box refers to the version of windows - solitaire itself doesn't have a version number
- Yep. Just look at the status bar--still Windows 3.x style! --Jason McHuff 02:19, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Canfield, Demon and Klondike
The Penguin Book of Patience has this division differently. According to them, "Klondike" is the name for either Demon (see Canfield (solitaire)), or Canfield (see Klondike (solitaire)). Should something be done about that? Mysha (nl)
Odds of Winning
Any deck that can be solved in Thoughtful Solitare can be solved in regular solitaire as well: simply make all the right choices.
- Perhaps the question should be rephrased as, "given perfect use of limited knowledge, what percentage of decks will be solved"
- Then it seems that the percentage of decks that can be solved in thoughtful solitaire would be an upper bound on the percentage of decks that would be solved using perfect strategy in standard solitaire.
- Lower limit would be set by the best computer player devised so far, or the long run average for the best human player.
- I don't understand why it's so difficult to compute the possible number of winning games of solitate. It would take time, yes, but I'm just shocked no one has done it. RobertM525 05:09, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- There's about 2 billion possible deals; if it ever is found out, I'm sure it won't just be one person doing all the work. 130.184.237.233 17:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)