
Don't worry about little penalities such as the those associated with the Undo or running through the deck an additional time or bringing a card back into play from the final-four stacks: those penalties are far smaller than the extra points you gain from finishing, fast. I recommend playing the card directly from the draw to the final four, if applicable. In sending a card from the draw to the any of the final four stacks, you gain an extra five points by bringing the card down to a columnar stack first if playable, however* the time you lose by making a 'stop-over,' perhaps almost a second, results in a greater deduction in bonus points, perhaps 100, than the points you gain from the stop-over. Tips (I'm no expert, nor am I a retiree, I just have some discretionary time at the moment, but these are my observations over the past few weeks):Ģ. You may of course pull cards from any of the final four stacks back down to the column stacks to re-engage them in play if needed (there's a small penalty to do this) You may use the Undo (to go back 1 play, which is all mine will allow) any number of timesĥ. You may run through the deck as many times as you likeĤ. Have no other processes running or pages loading or files downloading/uploading or anything that might slow your clock even slightly: ģ. Obviously no 'cheating' such as using the alt-shift-ctrl handicap: Ģ. RULES (The intent is to completely level the playing field):ġ. And let's face it, the game is already mindless enough.Įveryone: see how well you can do and post your best score and time here, whatever they are, in Draw 3/Scoring/Timed. I like the timed games because it adds a whole extra dimension of mental agility and hand-eye coordination and I favor Draw 3 for the added strategy-it's not always beneficial to engage every playable card from the draw pile, for example. In at least 500 games over the past few weeks I've bettered 5000 a dozen times and 4000 a couple score. I've since bested my old score in Draw 3/Scoring/Timed: 6296 in 125 seconds.
