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How to play
Goal
Remove pegs until only one is left. The perfect finish leaves that last peg in the centre hole.
How it works
- The board starts full except for the centre hole.
- A peg jumps over a neighbouring peg into an empty hole straight beyond it: up, down, left or right, never diagonally. The jumped peg is removed.
- Tap a peg to pick it up. Its possible landing holes show as rings. Tap a ring to jump.
- Undo takes back moves as many times as you like.
- The game ends when no jumps are left. Your score is the number of pegs remaining.
Tips
- Avoid leaving single pegs stranded in the corners of the cross. They become very hard to reach.
- Clear the arms of the cross first and keep the pegs grouped towards the middle.
- Think in “packages”: three pegs in an L-shape can often be cleared with a fixed sequence of jumps.
The history of Peg Solitaire
The earliest record is a 1697 French engraving showing a princess at the court of Louis XIV playing the game. The 33-hole cross board here is the English version, which became popular in the 1800s.