Crossword

Goal

Arrange 49 cards into a seven by seven grid.

How to play

A single card is dealt in the center of a seven by seven grid. One by one, deal the remaining cards into the grid, each next to another card, either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Non-face cards in the grid must be played in sequences that total up to even numbers. Once a card is played, it cannot be moved.

Face cards played in the grid separate the different sequences, similar to how the black spaces separate words in an actual crossword puzzle. As such, when a face card is played, it is flipped face down. Two face cards cannot be played directly adjacent to each other horizontally or vertically (though them touching diagonally is allowed).

Once there is only one open space in the grid remaining, the last four cards in the deck are dealt out and you can play any one of them into the last space. The game is won if 49 cards can be successfully played into the grid.

Game-rule reference adapted from PySolFC documentation, licensed under GPL v3 or later. References describe the game’s mechanics.