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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 360
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 4:27 am: | |
Hi Ken,
I wasn't thinking straight yesterday re the file sizes of our games. Obviously the only way you can compare the size is if you have the same number of cards left to play. Now, with one card left in the stock both Lucretia and the Black Death weigh in at 11.0. You'll easily see why I christened the latter game as you've seven columns choked with black cards.
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 86
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 7:32 am: | |
Richard, Since it's my birthday today, I knew you were going to get me something special. But the Black Death? You shouldn't have! I was just expecting something of the influenza variety. I'm 1/3 of the way there. My best score is 52. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 361
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 9:30 am: | |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATE.(Here endeth the pleasantries).
Who's afraid of the big black death,
The big black death, the big black death?
Influenza? Chicken Flu more like. If it's too much for you, just throw in the Kleenex. Ha!
Have a nice birthday,
Richard.
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 363
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 10:30 am: | |
I couldn't resist it. Here's your birthday present. Given your advancing decades I found one suitable. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 385
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 2:36 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
I think it's time I helped you out a little with the TI nightmare game. If you disagree then read no further.
The Black Death 1551947136
Score 16 waste 57. (at end of 1st deal)
Lowest exposed cards in rows, KS, 4+3S, 8+7D, 5H+KH, 8C, K+Q+JH, 4+3S, 2D+K+Q+J+10S, K+Q+JC.
Score 34, Stock 10, Waste 28
Rows, K+QS, empty, KC+8+7C, 5H+KH, QH+5+4+3S, KH to 7H, 4+3S, 2D+KS to 7S. KC to 10C.
5+4+3S, all from column 5, into empty space. Then QH from column 5 onto KH.
There is a long way to go. The last ace came out at score 110, stock 9, waste 9.
I said previously that I thought that this was the daddy of them all. I expect you now agree.
Good luck. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 386
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 2:51 pm: | |
By "rows" I mean columns. Bad habit of mine. |
Audrey G Schnell (Paxinc)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Paxinc
Post Number: 186
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 6:10 pm: | |
Richard: ITMA is calling! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 91
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 9:43 pm: | |
F.A.O. Richard (or Foreign Addled Oldster),
Thanks for the tips. It only took me 8 hours to get it. Can you imagine how long it would have taken me if I didn't have your expertise??
Cheers!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 387
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 3:09 am: | |
Hi Ken,
May have taken Flaming Ages Otherwise by the sounds of it. Eight hours eh? It's all in a day's work. I'm uploading my solution for anyone else who's losing the will to live.
How are you doing with Roosevelt? Need a clue for it? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 388
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 3:17 am: | |
Filing Another Opportunity for you to shine.
Hi Ken,
I'm beginning to realise how hard it is to find fresh games that prove a problem to solve. This is the best I've come up with since The Black Death.
It's not a heavyweight contender at just 9.0, but I think it will give you a bruise or two before it throws in the towel. It's aptly named (at least the way I played it).
Triple Interchange_ The Scorpion_1164035584.
Also try Triple Interchange_The Cardsharp_2010919295 (who keeps some aces up his sleeve).
Neither game is too demanding.
Have fun.
Friends Again Old-guy? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 92
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 5:21 am: | |
Forget it, Another One????????? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 93
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 5:31 am: | |
The Black Death was excruiating!!!! Maybe I need a new Favorite of All the Others before I become a Future Angry Old-man! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 393
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 6:06 am: | |
Good morning Ken,
Do you want to Forgo An Obsession and Find Another One? I'm all ears. Yeah and all mouth too,(save you the bother).
Any suggestions? (Keep it clean).
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 94
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 7:38 am: | |
Richard, who said, "With great power, comes great responsibility". (Superman?) I wasn't so worried about HAVING to solve a game or worrying about my stats when I was a Fairly Average Operator! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 395
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 8:36 am: | |
"With great power, comes great responsibility" was attributed to another PGS devotee; Spiderman!
I prefer:-
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely". (Lord Acton).
Another of his pearls is :- "A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times".
Frequently alas I sometimes fall into both categories. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 96
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 - 6:55 pm: | |
RM, Enjoyed TI #1164035584. Just enough challenge so that my brain wouldn't atrophy, but not enough to make it explode (see: The Black death). KM |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 400
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 5:18 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Glad you enjoyed that one. There's no point in turning this into a masochist's convention. I doubt if we'll encounter many as bad as the B.D. It was definitely Super League.
These are good games and won't frustrate you by giving in tamely.
Triple Interchange_Light Heavyweight_1950192255
Triple Interchange_Worthwhile_1663238527
Triple Interchange_Attilla the Fun?_1266417280
Triple Interchange_Brazil Nut_48149265
Triple Interchange_In Sheep's Clothing_1720388863
Highly reccommend the last one.
I have no more in reserve as I'm currently trying to re-win some games for Audrey. Will probably share the most troublesome of these with you later. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 97
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 9:58 am: | |
Richard, In Sheep's Clothing was a good one. How about an alternative name: The Road Less Travelled? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 401
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 10:33 am: | |
OK. I'll bite. "The Road Less Travelled?" Explain. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 98
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 1:07 pm: | |
For other players (Paul, Jax Ken, etc. where are you?), it just means, don't make the obvious play.
(Still don't know the REAL meaning of F.A.O.?) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 404
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 4:30 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
You must be joking surely! FAO is frequently used in communications and means For (the)Attention Of.
I like your explanation of the road less travelled. It would not have occurred to me.
George Bernard Shaw observed that Britain and USA were "Two Nations separated by a Common Language"
Could be, could be.
TTFN, to clear that up was a catchphrase that is short for TaTa For Now. Like me, very dated. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 420
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 3:34 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
I've finished rewinning loads of games for Audrey, so now I need a new challenge. What game can we do battle with next? I don't want any that are mainly luck. Apart from that you have carte blanche.
Attaching a photo (hopefully). I know I shouldn't but I can't resist it. Won't be posting any more, so make the most of it.
Mechan #1.
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Audrey G Schnell (Paxinc)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Paxinc
Post Number: 189
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 7:36 pm: | |
Scots wha hae? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 422
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:02 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Could you have a pop at TI 1551825664 and see if you can get a column clear? I may just be going round in the same old circles, and am hoping I've overlooked something.
Thanks,
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 102
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 10:54 am: | |
Richard, I'm not having much luck either. Best score I got was 43. Any better luck since you posted? Ken |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 423
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 11:05 am: | |
No mate. I've played it umpteen times and have no idea what scores I got. The game that is still open shows 47 as a score, and I doubt if I got anything much bigger. Has loser written all over it. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 103
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 1:11 pm: | |
We need a 4 of diamonds, 6 of clubs, or even a Q of hearts. Have you been able to dig one of those up? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 424
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 2:06 pm: | |
It looks as if you've crashed into the same brick wall as I have. I haven't been able to acces any of those, so it looks like all of the columns are blocked. Don't spend too long on it. I'm virtually certain it's a dead duck.
Am going on holiday in a couple of days.Need a bit of R&R after surviving the Black Death. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 425
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 2:08 pm: | |
access....... looks like my typing finger is in need of a break too. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 104
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 6:45 pm: | |
Richard, Are you back from holiday yet? The 5 TI #'s that you posted on February 14th, I won them all. But then I inadvertently put in TI #1950192255 and started playing it, and realized that I had already won it (and it was bitch of a one to win), and I can't re-win it. Can you post the solution so I can waste my time on something else? Thanks, Ken |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 426
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 26, 2007 - 10:19 am: | |
The wanderer has returned and has put your game to the sword.
If you want something to waste your time on, start a new thread. This page brasses me off since my photo made it ultra wide.
Normal service will be resumed a.s.a.p. (Once I've caught up on my sleep and had a liver transplant).
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 427
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 26, 2007 - 10:24 am: | |
........ and a brain transplant. Here is the missing attachment. |
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