Addiction Solitaire

HH77

Addiction Solitaire - July 16, 2019
You asked for more information so I played 4 games in a brief amount of time, each with a score discrepancy (I think.)
Game #2009190129 @ 8:26 PM Computer Score: 14 - By My Count Score was 19
Game #1001247278 @ 8:30 Pm Computer Score 13 - By My Count Score was 17
Game # 281143454 @ 8:43 PM Computer Score 19 - By My Count Score was 22
Game # 306434112 @ 8:53 PM Computer Score 16 - By My Count Score was 20
I still like the game and when I found it I didn't even bother with the score, it was just fun then I looked at the score and thought "That's weird"! And here we are!!

david

Game #2009190129 @ 8:26 PM Computer Score: 14 - By My Count Score was 19

Here's what that game's tableau looked like when you finished:

The first row has 4 in sequence, the second has 4 as well, the third has 6 and the fourth has 11.

The FAQ has an entry for how these are scored (#13). Consulting that table we get:

run of  4 => 1
run of  4 => 1
run of  6 => 3
run of 11 => 9

1 + 1 + 3 + 9 = 14

Game #1001247278 @ 8:30 Pm Computer Score 13 - By My Count Score was 17

run of 6 => 3
run of 9 => 6
run of 4 => 1
run of 6 => 3

3 + 6 + 1 + 3 = 13

Game # 281143454 @ 8:43 PM Computer Score 19 - By My Count Score was 22

This one is interesting because it hits a special case: If you have a row with 2 through King plus the gap at the end then we count the gap as part of the run to get to 13 (since there are no aces).

run of 13 => 13
run of 3  =>  0
run of 5  =>  2
run of 7  =>  4

13 + 0 + 2 + 4 = 19

Game # 306434112 @ 8:53 PM Computer Score 16 - By My Count Score was 20

run of 6 => 3
run of 8 => 5
run of 6 => 3
run of 8 => 5

3 + 5 + 3 + 5 = 16

Hope that clears things up.

fingsaint

@david thanks for explaining why a full row is counted as 13, it had me puzzled.