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You have all played M$ solitaire, and probably got bored with it as I did--very quickly. Now, FreeCell is a much more challenging game. Most folks have to play at least a dozen games before they finally get their very first win.
However, once you get the hang of it, you can win a LOT more often than at solitaire. My brother told me there was a "proof" that all FreeCell games could be won, if you knew the right strategy. I admit that I have gotten rather good at FreeCell, typically winning 90% or more of the games on first try, and often getting win streaks of 40 or more without any loss.
Here is a list of the hardest FreeCell games I found. The game number can be typed into FreeCell and you get to play the same game. The "!" indicate how many straight loses I suffered on that game before I won. If there is an "X" at the end, then (so far) I have NOT won that game, ever. Here goes:
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I can't play unfortuneately because my cohort has put out a domain rule to disable games on my computer. But that keeps me on Hypography instead of endlessly playing games.
FreeCell is from the devil! It is utterly addictive!
Fortunately the IT guys at my current workplace had the foresight to disable it on my computer, so I don't get tempted to play at work.
A few years ago, however, I had lots of time to kill in the job I had at the time. So I started playing the FreeCell games at number 1, and I could only progress to the following number once I had solved the previous one. I reached over 1 000 games (out of a potential 32 000) before I changed jobs.
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Oh my god, how many games have you completed, pyro?!
Those numbers seem to show that one game followed the previous number... did you play 30,000?!!
I don't think so.
Normally, the games appear in random order, so I might play game 1893 and then game 29902. I never made any attempt to play the games sequentially, though, that is a thought. Hmmm.
No, I just started a diary of tough games about a year ago. I was inspired to post this thread when I came upon game 31918. After ten tries I couldn't even get a third Ace off the board!! There didn't seem to be any winning path.
Since then, I HAVE beaten 31918, after 22 tries!!! And I cannot seem to repeat the win!!!
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I am superstitious with Freecell. I never hit the new game button. I always hit the select game, and then accept whatever random game is listed. And I always look at the stats before closing the game. And I must close the game after looking at the stats before I play another game.
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