<p>It’s the French and Swedish version of (<em>Peg</em>) Solitaire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.mastersofgames.com/rules/solitaire-rules.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.mastersofgames.com/rules/solitaire-rules.htm</a></p>

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  <h1>The Rules of Solitaire</h1>
  
  <h2>Equipment</h2>
  
  <p>The game of Solitaire is most commonly played on a 33 point board (as pictured above left) in a cross shape with 32 pegs, marbles or pieces. In France and Sweden a 37 point board is more common with 36 pegs, marbles or pieces.</p>
  
  <p>Solitaire can also be played on other shapes of board - two of the most interesting are a 41 point board (take the 33 point board and add 3 extra points at the 4 ends of the cross) and the 45 point board (take the 37 point board and add a single point in the middle of each of the 4 square ends - to makes a square).</p>
  
  <h2>Preparation and Objective</h2>
  
  <p>The game is set up so that pieces fill every hole except the middle hole.</p>
  
  <p>The objective is to remove every piece except one, with the final piece ending up in the centre hole. Solitaire is played by one person and is therefore technically not a game at all, but a puzzle.</p>
  
  <h2>Basic Play</h2>
  
  <p>The player makes successive capturing moves, removing a single piece each turn until is it impossible to make any more capturing moves.</p>
  
  <p>Each turn, the player captures a piece by jumping over that piece orthogonally (not diagonally) from one adjacent point to the vacant adjacent point on the other side.</p>
  
  <p>Therefore, the first turn can be made only by jumping a piece into the middle hole from one of 4 possible points.</p>
  
  <h2>Advanced Play</h2>
  
  <p>Once you have mastered the basic game, target a different hole as the hole that the final piece should finish in. You can also aim to get certain patterns of pieces left over.</p>
  
  <p>Interestingly, it has been deduced that the 37 point board is less complex than the 33 point board.</p>
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Snostorp
<p>I was just given this game from a box in my grandmothers house and we have no idea what it is. We think there may be some pegs missing and it uses a round solitaire board with two sets of pegs.</p>

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2018-07-06T17:07:19.013Z
If you could provide some pictures of the game it would help a lot
Joe W
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Just added one, i meant to but forgot to upload one
Peat
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2018-07-06T17:23:25.917Z
Strongly suspect it is just European/French peg solitaire. The two colors of pegs are likely just aesthetic, as is common. As you say, you do appear to be missing a peg (probably white).
johnjon
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@johnjon looks like one, but the holes are not arranged in a cross fashion... this one seems to have additional holes, and looks more like an octagon. Perhaps a variation of peg?
DarkCygnus
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2018-07-06T22:39:07.343Z
Google "French peg solitaire" and you'll see many, many examples of boards just like this one.
johnjon
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Does anyone know what this peg game is?
Peat
# Does anyone know what this peg game is?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-06)

I was just given this game from a box in my grandmothers house and we have no idea what it is. We think there may be some pegs missing and it uses a round solitaire board with two sets of pegs.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/7bFsI.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/7bFsI.jpg)

**Tags:** identify-this-game, peg-solitaire

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you could provide some pictures of the game it would help a lot  
> **username_0**: Just added one, i meant to but forgot to upload one  
> **username_2**: Strongly suspect it is just European/French peg solitaire. The two colors of pegs are likely just aesthetic, as is common. As you say, you do appear to be missing a peg (probably white).  
> **username_3**: @username_2 looks like one, but the holes are not arranged in a cross fashion... this one seems to have additional holes, and looks more like an octagon. Perhaps a variation of peg?  
> **username_2**: Google "French peg solitaire" and you'll see many, many examples of boards just like this one.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-03-14. Score: 5

It’s the French and Swedish version of (*Peg*) Solitaire.

<https://www.mastersofgames.com/rules/solitaire-rules.htm>

> # The Rules of Solitaire
>
> ## Equipment
>
> The game of Solitaire is most commonly played on a 33 point board (as pictured above left) in a cross shape with 32 pegs, marbles or pieces. In France and Sweden a 37 point board is more common with 36 pegs, marbles or pieces.
>
> Solitaire can also be played on other shapes of board - two of the most interesting are a 41 point board (take the 33 point board and add 3 extra points at the 4 ends of the cross) and the 45 point board (take the 37 point board and add a single point in the middle of each of the 4 square ends - to makes a square).
>
> ## Preparation and Objective
>
> The game is set up so that pieces fill every hole except the middle hole.
>
> The objective is to remove every piece except one, with the final piece ending up in the centre hole. Solitaire is played by one person and is therefore technically not a game at all, but a puzzle.
>
> ## Basic Play
>
> The player makes successive capturing moves, removing a single piece each turn until is it impossible to make any more capturing moves.
>
> Each turn, the player captures a piece by jumping over that piece orthogonally (not diagonally) from one adjacent point to the vacant adjacent point on the other side.
>
> Therefore, the first turn can be made only by jumping a piece into the middle hole from one of 4 possible points.
>
> ## Advanced Play
>
> Once you have mastered the basic game, target a different hole as the hole that the final piece should finish in. You can also aim to get certain patterns of pieces left over.
>
> Interestingly, it has been deduced that the 37 point board is less complex than the 33 point board.


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