Solitaire Layout Algorithms
Original Source ↗Iveta
Solitaire Layout Algorithms
Temus: Each rearrangement of a card then corresponds to an action in real life, sometimes quite absurd. The specific action to be performed is determined by the interpretation of the card.
Sergejh: Exactly. How does one determine what action to perform from a regular 54-card deck? And when to perform it... After each card turn, or after the ENTIRE layout, until the deck runs out? What do these "algorithms" mean? Does it not imply that we first lay out the cards in the way we need, and then begin the spread?
Iveta: What are algorithms? Any solitaire reflects a certain slice of reality. Or rather, we can present a certain slice of reality to them. And any solitaire eventually converges. Let's aim for optimality – let's start with a 36-card deck. In principle, you could even take ten cards or six. My drunkard friend uses a three-card method, as you noticed, and even that helps him.
Here are a couple of algorithms for a 36-card deck:
- Тб 7п Кк Тч 9к Кп 6п 8п 10ч 7к 8к Вп 6ч 6к Вч Тп Дп Вк 7б 7ч 9п 10п 10к Вб Кч 10б 8ч 9ч Кб Дч Дб 8б Дк 6б Тк 9б
- Дп 8б Вк 10п 8п 9к 7б Кп 9ч 10б Дк 6к 10ч Тб 6ч Тп 8ч 6б 7ч 7к Вб Кб 9б 8к Дб 10к Тк 6п Вч Тч Вп Кк 9п Дч 7п Кч
Accordingly, in the first layout, Тб is the top card of the deck, and 9б is the bottom. And if you assemble these layouts and experiment, you will understand why their algorithms are expressed by the following ratios:
- 5:3:7:11:1:3:1:2:1:1:1
- 15:1:1:2:4:2:1:5:2:2:1
These are just two algorithms, and there are many of them. Medieval witches compiled grimoires or Books of Shadows, in which poetic spells with the same rhythm – 5:3:7:etc. – were recorded. I do not think this is a coincidence.
Do we need to rack our brains over shuffling, whispering prayers or intentions? No, and again, no! We can be hackers, anti-hackers, or semi-hackers, but we will not emulate sorcerers and witches. So, let's imagine we have our own personal little grimoire with algorithms – each one's own, with a set of favorite "spells" (hee-hee-hee).