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Roads & Boats puzzles (solitaire game) Puzzles to be played with the basic Roads & Boats game Puzzles to be played with the Planes & Trains expansion kit The Paradise puzzles Roads & Boats can be played as a puzzle. In that case, you try to get the most points on a particular map in a limited number of turns. In the "Paradise" puzzles, the map design is part of the puzzle as well. For each puzzle, I tried to indicate how difficult it is to achieve a good score (a good score is about 75% of the highest known score) and how much hope there is that the record can be broken: new - any solution is welcome! experimental - we are not aware of many serious attempts to break the record - we may well have overlooked the real winning strategy until now. well-studied - several strategies have been explored, none of them breaking the current record. Maybe you can squeeze another 10 points for a gold piece or a wonder row out, but it will not be easy. Puzzles to be played with the basic Roads & Boats game Puzzle: Best solution so far (sh/cn/gd/rows): Found by: Level: Status: P&T allowed? Comments: Mesopotamia 440 (2/4/1/3) Herman Haverkort modest experimental no   Lord of the Ring 360 (2/2/0/4) Werner Bär difficult experimental no   Sea For One 420 (3/0/0/6) Hannes Ernst difficult well-studied no   A River Runs Through It 300 (1/2/2/8) Gary Brennan modest well-studied no   Small World S22 360 (2/1/2/6) (+7 geese) Herman Haverkort difficult well-studied no   Small World S33 510 (3/1/5/6) Herman Haverkort very difficult well-studied no   Small World S42 580 (4/1/1/5) Uwe Gemming difficult well-studied no   Small World S52 650 (5/0/0/5) Uwe Gemming very difficult well-studied no   Small World SX2 800 (6/1/2/2) Herman Haverkort very difficult well-studied no   Follow the links for the individual puzzles for details and exact conditions. Puzzles to be played with the Planes & Trains expansion kit Puzzle: Best solution so far (sh/cn/gd/rows): Found by: Level: Status: P&T allowed? Comments: Charing Cross 450 (3/1/1/4) Herman Haverkort modest experimental yes   Rocket Science 390 (2/1/7/4) Herman Haverkort modest experimental yes   Tierra del Fuego S11 230 (1/1/0/7) Herman Haverkort difficult well-studied yes   Sheikh of the Ring 350 (2/1/4/3) Herman Haverkort difficult experimental yes   Follow the links for the individual puzzles for details and exact conditions. The Paradise puzzles In the paradise puzzles, you do not only try to find the optimal strategy on a particular map - the design of the map itself is part of the puzzle as well. Can you figure how many tiles are needed to produce 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 shares in 20 turns? Or can you figure out what is the maximum number of points you can achieve in 20 turns on an ideal map? The current records are as follows: Goal Number of tiles needed / solution found by Basic game With planes and/or bombs 1 share 8 folklore 6 folklore 2 shares 8 folklore 7 folklore 3 shares 10 Uwe Gemming ?   4 shares 13 Uwe Gemming ?   5 shares 19 Uwe Gemming ?   6 shares 24 Herman Haverkort ?   7 shares ?   ?     Total score / solution found by max. points 800 Herman Haverkort ?   See the Paradise-puzzles for details and exact conditions. [entry page / guided tour] [order forms] [questions?]