Solitaire Board Game
Product Features
- Challenging brain-teaser.
- 32 wooden pegs on a 6" square wooden board.
- Comes with a convenient wooden storage box.
- Measures about 5-1/2 in by 5-1/2 in by 1-1/4 in.
- Package Weight: about 7.8 ounces.
Product Description
Even though Solitaire is easy to learn, it presents you with an ongoing challenge to master, and has become an especially popular solo board game in recent years. To play this challenging brain-teasing game all by yourself, you set up the thirty-two wooden pegs on the six-inch square wood board - leaving the space in the very center empty. Then, by moving any peg just one space horizontally or vertically (no diagonal moves allowed!), you begin eliminating other pegs.As you'll soon discover, there's a real trick to figuring out which way you should move each peg - as you don't want to end up with a bunch of dud pegs with nowhere to go! If you finish the game with just one peg left on the board, you're a genius; with two pegs you're above intelligent; three pegs you're intelligent; and four or more pegs - well, you need practice!
A great way to amuse kids and grown-ups alike when there's no one else around to play with, this game even comes with a wooden storage box to keep everything nicely contained.
How to Play Solitaire
Directions courtesy of Future Aids, The Braille Superstore.
History. Solitaire is said to have been invented by a French aristocrat to help him pass the time while he was imprisoned in solitary confinement in the Bastille. He fashioned this game with what he found in his cell. Played by only one person, Solitaire is a fast-paced game that tests your ability to plot the strategy of each successive move. Introduced into England at the end of the 1700's, Solitaire continued to be very popular into the Victorian period. (In Germany, the game was known as the "Hermit's Game".)
How to Play. Solitaire is played on a square wooden board having 33 holes which hold a set of 32 pegs. In the most popular version of Solitaire, the pieces are arranged so that the center hole is vacant. The objective is to clear the board of all but one of the pieces by jumping, horizontally or vertically, over an adjacent piece and removing it from the board. Even though Solitaire is easy to learn, it presents you with an ongoing challenge to master, and has become an especially popular board game in recent years.
Scoring. If you finish the game with just one peg left on the board, you're a genius; with two pegs you're above intelligent; three pegs you're intelligent; and four or more pegs - well, you need practice!
