Der Abendstern
Der Abendstern
Evening Star
Monday, February 16, 2009
The Evening-Star is a basic, easy to learn, easy to solve free cell type game, but less complex than windmill. The 4 free cells are rotated 45 degree, while the foundations are the light rays.
Initially, the game is dealt so that cards of four different suits start the foundations. This may fill the waste with a few cards, because not fitting cards are discarded.
There are only two ways to loose this game: (1) you miss to drop cards that fit on the foundations, and (2) to use a wrong strategy to fill the free cells (I will not disclose this strategy here - spoiler).
Hint: Before starting, look at the 4 free cells and the initial cards and decide a direction for each foundation that allows you to clear most free cells quickly. In the example below build on 3 down, on 4 up, on 2 up, and on 7 down.
Good Luck!