Lucas' Puzzle

Moby ID: 135259

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Released

November 1978 on Mainframe

Credits

2 people

Publishers

1001001, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Puzzle
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Interface: Text parser

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Type-in
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Teletype/Teleprinter
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description

Lucas' Puzzle is a solitaire peg puzzle originally invented by the French mathematician Édouard Lucas. A number of pegs is placed on a one dimensional board. Pegs on the right of the board can only move left and vice versa. The goal is to move all the pegs on the right to the left and vice versa. The puzzle can be solved in 24 moves.

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Genre: Board game - Peg solitaire

Credits (Mainframe version)

Invented by	Édouard Lucas
Written by	William. L. Colsher

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MobyGames ID: 135259

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Game added September 27, 2019. Last modified February 13, 2023.