is solitaire supposed to be hard?

OS

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I just figured out how to play solitaire like an hour ago and is it supposed to be really hard? or am I not playing it right?
 

bjc112

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no, just try to play all possible cards...

Chances of winning are about 1 in 5 or so.. .

:D

Have fun.
 

Colt45

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It's supposed to kill time for the most part, it seems.

(I guess you could say that for a LOT of things though..)
 

OS

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Originally posted by: bjc112
no, just try to play all possible cards...

Chances of winning are about 1 in 5 or so.. .

:D

Have fun.

ok, that's about what's happening to me. This game sucks then. I wasted an hour figuring out how to play this game. :(

 

Evadman

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Originally posted by: Colt45
It's supposed to kill time for the most part, it seems.

(I guess you could say that for a LOT of things though..)

*looks around*

I haveno idea what you mean.

 

bjc112

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i think if u play 1 card deal, instead of 3...

Your chances increase a bit..

:D

<----- My way of cheating..

:)
 

poopaskoopa

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I just scored 3,527,250 points in the pinball game that comes with win2k. I like it better than solitaire.
 

ElFenix

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the only game you can win is blackjack. and thats only if the whole table goes along.
 

bizmark

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Originally posted by: yakko
That is why I play Freecell. You can win every game.

no, there are some unwinnable ones. #s 11982, -1, and -2. 1941 is speculated to be the hardest solvable hand. 11982 has been shown to be unsolvable by computer simulation.

info here
http://www.freecell.org

edit: the other 32,000 Microsoft Freecell combinations have been solved, and the hardest ones have solutions available online. most relevant info
 

murphy55d

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I either suck really bad at Freecell or I just don't understand it well enough. That game always pisses me off.

I've only beaten Minesweeper once. :eek: