GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 659989
add some more Klondike variants
Last modified: 2021-06-02 11:41:40 UTC
Running AisleRiot Solitaire 2.32.1, which is packaged with Ubuntu/Xubuntu 11.04. In Klondike mode, the game does not allow redeals (which I believe is supposed to mean re-cycling of the draw deck after it is exhausted) regardless of whether or not "no redeals" is selected.
I believe that is part of the rules that you can only redeal twice. Look in the status bar to see how many redeals you have left.
Maybe bug 641702 ?
Jeremy: There are many variations of the dealing rules for Klondike (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_%28solitaire%29), but it seems that this particular implementation has a limit of two redeals in "single card deals" mode (unless "no redeals" is selected): http://library.gnome.org/users/aisleriot/stable/Klondike.html.en I guess I'll try playing in "three card deals" mode, since the above link states that this mode allows unlimited redeals. It seems to me that either the number of redeals should be de-coupled from the card drawing mode, or else more variations should be added. Christian: Thanks, but it looks like Jeremy is on the right track with it likely being an issue with the rules implementation.
So what's the conclusion here?
I think this would optimally be resolved by having separate settings for: - the number of cards dealt at a time (possible values: {one, three}) and - the number of redeals allowed (possible values: {none, one, unlimited}, or possibly a user-entered non-negative integer value). If patches are welcome, let me know and I can try getting the GNOME development environment set up on one of my Linux boxes.
I'm not opposed to adding more variations (e.g. these mentioned on the wiki) to the 3 we already have, but I don't think we should allow configuring the number of redeals manually.
Do you mean you don't think entering a number should be allowed, or do you mean that not even selecting from a list should be allowed?
I mean they shouldn't be selectable individually and separately, but only set together as part of a game variant.
I can live with that, although after googling for solitaire rules I'm curious as to why you feel that way: The Wikipedia list of variations is not by any means definitive; here's a completely different list: http://www.solitairecity.com/Help/Klondike_Rules.shtml And here are yet more links suggesting two-redeals variants which are not mentioned on either of the previous links: http://www.solitaire-game.com/klondike-solitaire.htm http://www.solitairecentral.com/rules/Klondike.html Throwing in the following link, I've now seen almost every combination mentioned of deal 1/3 and 0/1/2/3/unlimited redeals: http://www.solitairegames.com/klondike.html
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