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Susie Nussbaum
Unregistered guest
Posted From: 24.211.116.127
| | Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 1:08 pm: | |
I have played 52 games of Empress of Italy and have never won. How can all these other people win- what am I doing or not doing?
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paul forsdick (Pondpaul)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Pondpaul
Post Number: 253
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 4:52 am: | |
Hello Susie
I have won it once with game 2099688448.
you must have autoplay turned off and concentrate on clearing the reserve and be careful not to play cards on the foundations even if you can if there is a card in the reserve that would go there later on .
try to keep the waste below about 30.
it is still not easy though
if you look at the above game you will see that 4 of the 3s are quite well buried in the reserve
but there are only 4 cards above 3 in the reserve to be cleared first the 5h 6d 8h and 7s so keep back at least 2 of the foundations of each colour only up to the 2 so that all the 3s have somewhere to go when they show
Hope this helps
paul |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 176
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 11:37 am: | |
Empress of Italy.
Don't think anyone has uploaded a game until now.
Paul's tactics are spot on. All I would add is that you should always play a card from the reserve when possible even if this means you have to ignore a column of cards in the tableau that you could otherwise have played. Always tke cards back from the waste when possible. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Junior Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 5
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:39 am: | |
Do the sequences of cards vary when replaying same game? |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 401
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 4:05 pm: | |
No I would think not. Its the same exact game. |
Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator
Username: Support
Post Number: 1300
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 4:49 pm: | |
The same game number will always give the same sequence of cards. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3363
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:36 am: | |
For anyone who's interested in this game, #2 is winnable. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Junior Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 6
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 1:20 pm: | |
re sequence: I have played the some games over and over with different outcomes. Indeed ,having found one that is winnable I have played that lot of times in order to get a score,but it does not come out every time.I suppose I must play differently altho I try to follow the same play.
NOTE:an easy one is 2068920959 |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3364
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 3:23 pm: | |
The cards in the pack remain constant in whatever game you are playing John, but there is an almost infinite number of permutations you can use to play them. It is possible to play the same hand repeatedly and get different outcomes each time. With some very difficult games there may only be one or two ways in which you can re-win them. We are constantly playing the same hands over and over to see if we can turn games around. Sometimes we can manage it but often we can't. If you win a game number once, you should eventually be able to win it again. That is often easier said than done.
Select any game number you want and run through the stock without playing any cards. If you write down the order in which they came out you can repeat this exercise as often as you like, but the cards will always come out in exactly the same order. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Junior Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 7
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 5:37 am: | |
Richard-Many thanks.You may have saved my sanity! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3366
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 8:48 am: | |
Glad`I was able to be of assistance John. Some of us have been playing Pretty Good Solitaire for so long that we tend to forget how green we once were ourselves. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Junior Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 8
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 12:40 pm: | |
Andrea,Sudbury,Ontario hello;congrats on your monster score;how do you get two entries on the scores list? You must be a great player;how do you do it?
Best Wishes, John (envious) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3667
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 12:50 pm: | |
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada was entered as one location. Sudbury Ontario Canada was entered as the other one. Spell things differently and you get two or more sets of stats in the same table. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Junior Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 9
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 4:26 pm: | |
I tried that. The location changed in the original entry but which remained the same as befoe.
RE game #2 (above Oct 14,2009).I have been playing this ever since then but no win. I have applied all known methods and variations.Any suggestions?(PLEASE!!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 4757
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 1:02 pm: | |
Here is a solution John.
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 4758
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 1:07 pm: | |
Oops! Wrong country. Will try the Italian job now. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1583
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 5:12 pm: | |
Well you were suppose to be sleeping anyway. Welcome home. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 470
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 23, 2010 - 5:35 pm: | |
Here's the other one.....
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 4760
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 2:40 am: | |
Yes Mike, my brain was in a state of hibernation by the time we finally got home. I shouldn't have been playing PGS at all. Will email you soonish.
Well done Ken. I hope it didn't take you too long to put the empress to bed. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Junior Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 10
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 3:10 pm: | |
Ken.Thank you for the answer. How do I translate the ciphers into moves? |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 1090
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 4:28 pm: | |
You have to download the file to your desktop. Maybe you have to change the ending to .pgs . Open then PGS and Empress of Italy. Go to File Open and open the just downloaded file. With the undo-button you can then see how it was played. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 11
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 8:16 am: | |
Thank you,Markus.I have downloaded the cipher file to desktop,but cannot make out with the rest.I need explicit directions(an idiot's guide ).I can see how the undo button could deconstruct a solution,but cannot get there. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 4777
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 9:08 am: | |
Firstly right click on the solution above and copy the option "Copy link address". Then follow the link beneath this to the Malmaison page.
../18/1917.html"#cccccc"> | Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 473
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 10:51 am: | |
You can also copy the opened file contents and paste it in a text file and then rename it from .txt to .pgs. You can open it in pgs then. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 12
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 8:14 am: | |
Richard.Thamk you.It worked.I stand in wonderment! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 4785
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 9:20 am: | |
Glad to be able to help you John. We need more people to be able to use every aspect of this forum fully. Don't be a stranger. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 13
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Monday, May 24, 2010 - 1:07 pm: | |
234454417, I have this one in a list of possible winners; (I know not from where I got this one)but try as I may I cannot get near a solution |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5015
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 2:58 am: | |
I can score 162 with it after several replays. I doubt if it is winnable. There are two red tens at the start of the reserve. It takes ages to liberate them and by that time the waste pile contains too many cards. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5019
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 5:24 am: | |
It IS winnable John. Very tricky though. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5020
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 6:01 am: | |
#5 is also winnable. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 14
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 2:04 pm: | |
Richard,thanks for that.Unfortunately I cannot paste in the solution 234454417.It opens on the beginning of the hand. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5132
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 2:30 pm: | |
../18/Empress_o f_Italy_234454417_John-10096.unk
This is all you paste in John. Remember to stay online until it loads on your PC. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5133
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 2:46 pm: | |
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John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 15
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 3:11 pm: | |
Richard-thank you for all that help,but still cannot open234454417 in the "open game" box.Get message "the game file opened is not a saved Empress of Italy game" What am I doing wrong? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5187
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 3:32 pm: | |
If you are pasting my link into a box similar to my illustration John, and then clicking "Open", you must stay online until the cards get dealt out on your own monitor. This may take a minute or so.
After that you can either finish it yourself or save it. You can see the "Save as" option on the first screenshot. Opening it from there appears in the same drop down menu.
I've had that error message when I've nit saved it, made a few moves myself, and then tried to re-open it.
Get back to me if you are still having problems. We'll get it sorted.
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Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 1331
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 1:36 am: | |
Maybe you have to change the ending .unk to .pgs . |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5191
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 4:24 am: | |
No. The link works perfectly without changing the ending. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 16
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 8:32 am: | |
Richard-Still no joy.I think my "copy and paste" actions are suspect.I do not have a "copy link address" button on right click menu of solution link, so I left clicked "save target as" and saved to desktop.Then right click on that icon,open Empress,click "game" and "open game".A box opens with a "file name" box with curser flashing.I am still online.If I click pointer in box with curser, menu is all greyed out,if I click in body of box I can click paste and get message "this folder already contains a file named Empress of Italy-etc. do you want to replace it",I click yes or no, and nothing happens.
If you would like to abandon this project please do so,I can live without it.Thank you for your patience. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 17
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 8:42 am: | |
PS Oddly enough I have successfully opened,and saved, two previous solutions. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5204
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 9:55 am: | |
As a race, the Scots are not good at giving up John.
We can live with the absence of the "copy link address" part. (Thanks again Mr.Gates. Fixing things that aint broken). This is your link........
../18/Empress_o f_Italy_234454417_John-10096.unk.
Copy it if possible. If not see below.Don't try to open or download it.
Another way to copy the link address is by left clicking on it. Then the file will open immediately with the link address in the search bar at the top of your screen. You can copy it from there. Now close the file and proceed to the two screenshots.
Next open up PGS as normal. Open Empress of Italy as normal. Then follow the instructions in my two screenshots.
Hope this works for you John. We are heading off for a few days R&R after a funeral tomorrow. I hope you've managed it before we return. Otherwise we'll have to try something else. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 1345
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:49 pm: | |
Here is a way, i did it in the past and worked:
I loaded the file down to my desktop. Then i changed the ending from .unk to .pgs . Then i opened PGS and Empress of Italy. Then Open from the Edit-title-bar (?) and opened the downloaded file.
I hope Richards or my discription will work. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5210
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:10 pm: | |
I used to do it that way too Markus, but everybody's friend Bill Gates made that impossible in Vista. John may find the older way better depending on what re is running. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 1346
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:29 pm: | |
Let's hope Richard, that one of our possibilities will work. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 18
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 4:34 am: | |
YES!!! Many thanks all. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 1350
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 5:42 am: | |
Just for information. Which one worked? |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 19
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:55 pm: | |
Hello Markus. What worked was left clicking the link,and to my amazement it appeared in the address bar. I then followed Richard's instructions,and it worked.
I also tried renaming the file saved on the desktop from "unk" to "pgs" and pasting it to "open game" but it would not open.
I much appreciate all the attention given to my tech problems,by Richard and yourself.I am certainly learning some weird processes.
Although my solitaire skills are no better!
Best Regards
regards.
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Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 1351
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 1:44 am: | |
""unk" to "pgs" and pasting it to "open game" but it would not open."
Ok, it worked. Great. Just for information. When you changed the ending, then you have first to open the game Empress of Italy in PGS and then you choose open game. That is always working properly when i download a file. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 20
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 7:28 am: | |
Markus. Your method now works fine. The saved file copies directly to "open game" without paste, and can be opened from there. Thank you. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 1352
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 7:48 am: | |
I am glad, that i could help, especially when Richard is at moment not present in the forum. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 21
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Friday, October 08, 2010 - 2:36 pm: | |
1379000576 is quite easy |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1431
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 08, 2010 - 2:48 pm: | |
John, do you see my posts on the forum under the topic Sea Towers? No one is answering them, and I wondered if there was something wrong with my computer and they weren't being really posted even though I can see them. Thanks. |
John Dickenson (Cholly)
Solitaire Player
Username: Cholly
Post Number: 22
Registered: 6-2007
| | Posted on Friday, October 15, 2010 - 8:48 am: | |
Hello Kathy. Sorry for delay.I have not visited the site recently.
I can see no post from you on Sea Towers,but there is one on Double Towers on 1/07/10.
This does not seem much help.I hope you solve your question.
best Wishes John D. |
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