11/14/2023 0 Comments Peg solitaire solution royal trouble![]() Can I memorize a set of winning moves and impress my family?.Just how many different ways are there to win with this puzzle?.Can you finish with the last peg in the top hole?.You nearly always start with the top hole in the puzzle empty, but can you win and have the last peg located in ANY hole?.For me, it's another opportunity to apply optimization, in this case to answer some questions that would take an absurdly large number of dinners to tackle: The clever folks at Cracker Barrel decided, I'm betting, that tinkering with this puzzle occupies diners' minds as they wait for their food to arrive. The goal is to end with just one peg on the board, and it's not as easy as it might seem. As always, you move a peg over another peg in a straight line, landing in an empty hole on the other side and thus "capturing" the jumped peg, removing it from the board. These triangular peg (technically, golf tee) solitaire puzzles are a very minor variation on the pentagonal solitaire puzzle that Imre discussed. On every table in every Cracker Barrel restaurant that I've visited, there's one of these: ![]() Yes! And I'm not talking about a classical diet optimization problem lurking in the menu. Just about the biggest attraction at Cracker Barrel for me, though, is the optimization problem that sits on every single table. I stock up twice a year, when we stop during our trips from North Carolina to Maryland to visit my side of the family. I love these peppermint sticks (who can't love a candy that's bold enough to advertise itself as "pure sugar?"), and I seem to have plenty of company among the Cracker Barrel clientele, because I always find them prominently displayed next to the cash registers. In the general store, I never leave without buying at least a couple of these: I especially like these restaurants because I can eat okra (delightful) without having to prepare it (really NOT delightful). Sure, it's a slightly formulaic approach, but during a long automobile trip it can provide a relaxing break. residents, Cracker Barrel has locations in 42 states and features home-style cooking, a big porch with rocking chairs, checkerboards, and an attached "general store." Cracker Barrel restaurants hearken back to a "small-town America" atmosphere that only some of us ever experienced directly but many find comforting. In an odd way, Imre Polik's recent post, How to solve puzzles? Peg solitaire with optimization, reminded me of one more reason why I like to eat at Cracker Barrel, an American chain of country-style restaurants.įor those who aren't U.S.
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