Solitaire

[staxxy]

So I play an unusual breed of Solitaire. It is called 9-19-29. Basically you lay out cards in a row of 7 side by side and then you layer cards on them one at a time, once you have 3 layers you can start doing the math (after a while it becomes an automatic site grouping thing). If you are able to pick up a whole row, (one grouping of 3 layers) when you lay more cards down you do not include that row. You pick up cards in sets of 3 that add up to 9, 19, or 29. The goal is to pick up all of the cards. You can take cards from the *top* of a row or the bottom.

Anyway.. this whole post of explaination is so that I can tell you all that I *won*. *happy dance*
It's pretty rare to win this one. First time I have won it in around a year. YAY

Comments

13

[aaminahlefae.livejournal.com]

Years ago, I learned the 13 game: All cards except 3 are laid out in a pyramid -setting one down, then 2 overlapping it's bottom corners, then 3 over their bottom corners yaddayadda.. the last 3 are set to the side to be used in combination whenever you want to use them. You can take any cards out as long as they total 13 together (or alone) and there cannot be a card overlapping it's corners. It's also really hard to win the game -winning being using all the cards. But it's another fun relaxing time game.

There's another virtually impossible super solitaire game that uses all the cards but 3 in the same manner but the layout is like your typical solitaire if you combined the face down, flip up version and the face up version.

Re: 13

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

yeah, there's a few of them that are so hard it's amazing.

I like this one because I have been playing it since I was 9, and so now it is the equivilent of pacing for me. I play it as kind of a nervous tick. ;) But I have also played the 13 pyramid a few times. It has been a while. Thanks for the reminder of it. I should try that one again soon...