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Mr Puzzle - We've got puzzles! Puzzles by Type > Sequential Move
Price: Start with the centre position emply and balls on all other positions on the board. The object of the Solitaire puzzle, often known as Peg Solitaire to distinguish it from the card game also called Solitaire, is to remove the balls one after the other by jumping horizontally or vertically over another ball. In the end one ball should be left in the centre hole. Solitaire may be much older than generally thought. Most sources have it's origins in France as early as the late 1600's however the Roman poet Ovide wrote about the game in his book "Ars Amatoria". Europeans then rediscovered Solitaire around the 12th century with a game called "Al-qirq" (the mill, in Arabic), which later became the game of "Alquerque". So who knows exactly how old it could be? Peg Solitaire is named Solitaire in French, Solitario alla francese in Italian, Resta um in Portuguese, Solitär or Solohalma in German, Solitaris in Lituanian, Samotnik in Polish. Size: Diameter of the board is 225mm. The wooden board has a thick felt backing to protect your table.
Small Solitaire - wooden board with wooden balls
Just having one marble left is a challenge but it's extra difficult to have one left in the middle.
See this link for a good article on this website about the more recent history of Solitaire http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/VirtualExhibits/puzzles/solitare/index.html
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