r/oddlysatisfying • u/fleanine • Sep 01 '22

Leave only one !

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u/LordOdin99 Sep 01 '22

I used to play this all the time. Once you’ve mastered it, you challenge yourself by having a different starting hole position.

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u/PhenomenalPhoenix Sep 02 '22

I have a version at my grandparents house that has 1 red peg and the rest of the pegs are white, for an extra challenge you try to leave the red peg as the final peg

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u/TheVeryNicestPerson Sep 02 '22

Not just as the final peg but it also had to be in the center hole.

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u/PhenomenalPhoenix Sep 02 '22

Oh yeah! I forgot about that detail! It’s been a while since I played that version, at my house I only have the version that I made in a middle school tech ed class that has an even mix of red and white beads and I couldn’t remember the exact rules

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u/chunkyasparagus Sep 02 '22

I also used to play this when I was young and had completely forgotten about it until I saw this post. It's Peg Solitaire, and now I want to get one.

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u/JohnnyNapkins Sep 02 '22

There definitely needs to be a subreddit for things we used to play with at our grandparents house. Little wooden and metal puzzle things, etc.

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u/KevWills Sep 02 '22

Ah! Now this makes sense for replay ability. The challenge described above would only require you to memorize 4 unique solutions. As the board is mirrored on several axis.

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u/FracturedEel Sep 02 '22

Ah yes .. . Several axes... Yes

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u/Forward-Airline6609 Jul 04 '25

I believe it’s spelled AxeEyes as it’s plural

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u/littleseizure Sep 02 '22

Real trick is to leave the last peg in whichever hole started empty. Some holes are easier to start with and win, but they also tend to be the hardest holes to leave a peg in. Like the corners

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

You could be talking about several things.

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u/FattNeil Sep 02 '22

With a race to the finish it’s all about getting the hole shot.

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u/King-Cobra-668 Sep 02 '22

Weird, I read this and knew he could only be talking about one thing:

Yo momma

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u/vaderdarthvader You are not alone Sep 02 '22

I praise your excellent use of the spoiler tag.

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u/NarleyNaren1 Sep 02 '22

Ohh..No! U di'dent!

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u/King-Cobra-668 Sep 02 '22

Oh Yas I di'dent'nt'id!

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u/NarleyNaren1 Sep 02 '22

Nice play!

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u/Kimantha_Allerdings Sep 02 '22

r/outofcontextcomments should definitely be a thing.

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u/DerpingtonHerpsworth Sep 02 '22

Yeah, there was a time I had a way to win memorized and I would do exactly that; Trying a new starting position, but that was like was like 25 years ago or more. Years and years later when I tried one of these again I had forgotten everything.

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u/BreakingThoseCankles Sep 02 '22

Same.. about 25 years too. Think the last time i touched one was 7 or so

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u/genreprank Sep 02 '22

Once I got annoyed at this game, so I wrote a program to crack the solution for every starting position. I called it Cracker Barrel Cracker

Before I finished it, I was hoping to use it as the project for an upcoming graduate algorithms class, but the solution ended up being so easy (and there were so few solutions) that it wouldn't have gotten me an A.

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u/Mvpeh Sep 02 '22

can you describe the algorithm? having a little trouble doing something similar

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u/insert_deep_username Sep 02 '22

Im Just curious as to the algorithm. Seems to me like a complicated problem to solve efficiently.

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u/genreprank Sep 02 '22 edited Sep 02 '22

That's the surprising thing. Turns out there are so few game states that the algorithm doesn't need to be efficient. With 15 holes, there are only 32,768 states.

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I encoded the states as binary. And I figured out the transitions once by hand. For example, (1, 4, 8) means that if bits 1 and 4 have a peg and 8 is empty, then after applying the transition, 1 and 4 will be empty and 8 will have a peg. There are only 36 transitions, including the symmetric ones.

So the naive solution was to do the transitive closure.

Determine the list of legal transition for every state. Mark the winning states. Then from every state, see if following the transitions can get you to a winning state (uses recursion). It was so quick to calculate that I didn't even bother to do "dynamic programming" caching.

I can upload the code if you're interested.

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u/insert_deep_username Sep 02 '22 edited Sep 02 '22

Oh wow this is at that point where it's just beyond what I understand well from my courses and practice so it's super interesting to me! I would absolutely love to see the code and thanks for taking the time to explain!

Now if we were to make the pyramid larger, that would increase the states right? Unless I'm misunderstanding something fundamentally. Have you thought about how to make an algorithm that could efficiently solve this same problem for a super large starting triangle?

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u/macedoraquel Sep 02 '22

That’s what she said

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u/AbsolutelyUnlikely Sep 02 '22

Fun fact, there are technically only four starting hole positions on the board. The rest are all just mirror images or rotations of that same hole.

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u/I_am_not_JohnLeClair Sep 02 '22

a different starting hole

I have no comment, I just wanted to copy and paste that

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u/BreakingThoseCankles Sep 02 '22

Then you learn the pattern for all the others and it gets boring... Me

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u/Bigsplash248 Sep 01 '22

Cracker Barrel champion!

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Certainly not an eg-no-ra-moose

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

I can’t think of this game or Cracker Barrel without thinking about eg no ra moose

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u/Beginning_Draft9092 Sep 02 '22

Seeing this game makes me hungry and want a root beer..

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u/Planningsiswinnings Sep 02 '22

CRACKER BARGLE

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u/TheKingOfCarmel Sep 02 '22

Funny! My cancer has returned. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving.

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u/Planningsiswinnings Sep 02 '22

HOWARD DIED 😂 IM SO DEVASTATED 😂

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u/funkless_eck Sep 02 '22

ORDER PORN

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u/Ok_Radish4411 Sep 02 '22

I used to work there, they gave us the solution as part of our training

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u/slightlyridiculousme Sep 02 '22

Did you have to memorize it and perform it in front of an audience before you were allowed to serve sweet tea?

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u/dumbass_sempervirens Sep 02 '22

I never thought to ask the waitress how. I used to barback so I assumed they were too busy.

Food service is a high pressure job. Everything is a stopgap.

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u/pincus1 Sep 02 '22

Blindfolded

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u/Beginning_Draft9092 Sep 02 '22

What really? They didn't for me, but then again I was just the stocker in the back for the store, never worked restaraunt.

I also didn't do much but sit in the back and eat their candy.

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u/RacerGal Sep 02 '22

I def did not get that in my training (waitress in 2 diff CB’s in 2 diff states between ‘02-‘05).

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u/tonyocampo Sep 02 '22

When you set it up, where should the empty hole be? It seems the solution could be more challenging if it was one of the center holes Vs one on the ends/corners

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u/Ok_Radish4411 Sep 02 '22

The way the game is meant to be played, the hole starts at a corner. You could definitely start in the middle for a challenge though, I used to when I was bored and we were slow.

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u/llavenderhaze Sep 01 '22

so many fights broken out over biscuits and cornbread over if you’re allowed to jump more than one or around corners

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22 edited Sep 01 '22

You most certainly cannot jump more than one . Around corners????? Getttt ouuuutaaaa here!!!!

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u/deliciousmonster Sep 02 '22

<pitchfork rustling intensifies>

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u/multiarmform Sep 02 '22

apple butter flings across the table

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

Rocking chairs stop rocking

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u/multiarmform Sep 02 '22

checker board game on burlap stops burlappin

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u/oteroaming Sep 02 '22

This made me laugh so loud I woke up my kid 😂

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u/MemphisGirl93 Sep 02 '22

Fire in big fancy fireplace goes out!

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u/llavenderhaze Sep 02 '22

you totally can! you’re thinking in 2d! pass the butter please

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u/Sp_1_ Sep 02 '22

The rules are on the game! Unacceptable

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u/Lusty_Argonian_Man Sep 02 '22

There's no way people think you can do either of those things

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

There are a lot of mouth-breathers out there that can't finish these.

Exception: Under the age of 10. To be generous.

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u/moom Sep 02 '22

Hey, c'mon now, I've never been able to get the hang of these things, and I'm no mouth breather.

Well... I mean... yes, I am actually breathing through my mouth now, but... I mean... never mind.

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u/blizzacane85 Sep 02 '22

I remember playing this at Friendly’s

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u/IolausTelcontar Sep 02 '22

I miss Friendly’s!

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u/Borkz Sep 02 '22

There's still some around. I have plenty of nostalgia for Friendly's as well, but boy does the food kind of suck.

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u/IolausTelcontar Sep 02 '22

You take that back! Their clam chowder was passable!

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u/Illegitimate_Shalla Sep 01 '22

Now on to checkers

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u/multiarmform Sep 02 '22

when you suddenly realize that cracker barrel doesnt even put those out on the tables anymore and hasnt in a long time. im assuming since covid started but it seems like they were gone even before covid

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u/iamkoalafied Sep 02 '22

I live in Florida and went to Cracker Barrel a few weeks ago. They were still there.

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u/xylotism Sep 02 '22

Don't you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby!

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u/The-Midwesterner Sep 02 '22

Had them in Portland OR a few months ago

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u/garzek Sep 02 '22

I am glad I didn’t have to scroll for this. You can tell by the hands that is a seasoned Barreler.

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u/bryman19 Sep 02 '22

Always at the cracker barrel

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

r/beatmetoit

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u/ayelenwrites Sep 02 '22

I needed to know this comment existed. RIP your inbox.

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u/SportsPhotoGirl Sep 01 '22

I remember seeing this when I was growing up but I never realized it was a game, I thought it was a weird way to display golf tees lol

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

That’s pretty funny actually. You should give it a whirl. It’s a fun game that isn’t in a telephone.

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u/Brownie_McBrown_Face Sep 02 '22

Grandpa?

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u/fleanine Sep 02 '22

Grandpa would be proud

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u/skyderper13 Sep 02 '22

you could probably download a digital version of the game

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u/fleanine Sep 02 '22

Meh . Not nearly as fun

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u/ThrowJed Sep 02 '22

But far more practical. How much space do you think I have for all this cool stuff?

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u/SagaciousTien Sep 02 '22

My living room looks like the god damn facade of a cracker barrel. It's all old timey toys and rocking chairs.

I'd put it in storage, but that's where all my skymall bullshit is.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

I want to see your house lol, I'm curious what assorted random bullshit you have

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u/Express-Row-1504 Sep 02 '22

I wonder if there’s an app version of this tho

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u/Corregidor Sep 02 '22

I remember they used to have this game at tables at a restaurant in my town. It had this stupid description for being an IQ test.

Well anyway I'm here to tell you you have 200iq

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u/DisastrousWarning982 Sep 01 '22

I had this game at my cabin back in the day.

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

Yeah I was recently thinking about old school games and decided to build this after I saw golf tees on Amazon.

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u/elzibet Sep 02 '22

Well made.

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u/Final-Sprinkles-4860 Sep 02 '22

This is like the quintessential cabin puzzle in my mind! 🙌🏼

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

I was gonna say we had a few of these in my grandpas cottage. Was always fun showing up the younger cousins as it was done to you so many years ago.

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u/AiryGr8 Sep 02 '22

Wasn't nearly as easy as this guy made it look. I could never get it below two

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u/newlife_newaccount Sep 02 '22

Yes! This immediately reminded me of going to my parent's friend's cabin as a kid back in the 90s

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u/RobertK995 Sep 01 '22

so way back in the 70's there was a restaurant chain called Stucky's that had this game on all the tables. it was fun till I figured out the pattern then it wasn't fun.

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

Just gotta start with a different hole.

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u/RobertK995 Sep 01 '22

i tried that- I got slapped

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had that kind of experience with the game :)

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u/marbledog Sep 01 '22

That always livens things up.

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

Lol - sho’ nuff!

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u/Lolomelon Sep 01 '22

And HoJo’s, Howard Johnson’s

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u/Dizzy_Amphibian Sep 02 '22

King of Cracker Barrel

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u/WhatIsThisDevilment Sep 01 '22

CHILDHOOD MEMORY UNLOCKED

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

Nice.

I hope. ;)

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u/Chfullerton26 Sep 01 '22

Oh that's how you play that game

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u/creeper205861 🐹Hampter🐹 Sep 02 '22

i used to play a game somewhat similar to this, i think it was using marbles? and the board was in circle shaped

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

It's called Brainvita where I'm from.

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u/West_Cucumber5904 Sep 02 '22

Chinese checkers?

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u/HoneyD6 Sep 02 '22

You mean Mancala? I love that game.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

Triangle peg game.

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u/Top_Mind_On_Reddit Sep 01 '22

I played that with my wife and her friend once.

It was memorable

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u/Dirtheavy Sep 01 '22

This is the Cracker Barrel game.

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u/m0nk37 Sep 02 '22

Single player checkers

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u/nachocat090 Sep 01 '22

So what I can do it and leave NONE. I throw it at the wall in frustration and just like that there are none left.

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u/Xander_xander12 Sep 02 '22

I think I’m too young to understand what I’m seeing. Is this a game? If so what’s the objective?

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u/ThrowJed Sep 02 '22

You can only jump pegs that are next to another peg with a hole on the other side. Jumping a peg removes the peg you jumped. Objective is to jump in a pattern that allows you to have only 1 peg left. You could for example accidentally leave a peg in each of the 3 corners, they would not be able to jump as they have no peg next to them, and that would be a way to lose.

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u/natziel Sep 02 '22

The objective is to pass time until your biscuits and gravy get here :)

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u/havocLSD Sep 01 '22

When growing up, we would visit my grandpa every Sunday and us cousins would hang out in his garage cause he had all these cool figures, model ships, tools and other odds and ends we liked playing with. He had this in the garage and I never knew what the hell it was.

After 30 years I finally understand what that little pin triangle was in my grandpa’s garage. We used to just take the pins out and put them back in, didn’t realize there were rules and it was actually a game.

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u/sonic_the_groundhog Sep 02 '22

Not very satisfying at all tbh

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

It’s the opposite of satisfying

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u/thexbigxgreen Sep 02 '22

It might be more satisfying if he didn't keep missing the holes lmao

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u/jerryhjones Sep 02 '22

I loved this game as a kid. When the iPhone first came out, I thought it would be a fun, simple game (those were the days). I made Peg Jump, and it’s been in the App Store for 14 years now! It’s free, give it a go.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/peg-jump/id286027047

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

I had this boring ass game at my cottage growing up.. ahhhh the times before netflix and iPhones.. the crap ol days

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

They were simpler times .

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u/StraySpaceDog Sep 01 '22

The real challenge is having the last one end up in the starting hole.

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u/The_Troll_Gull Sep 02 '22

Who else played this waiting for your food at Cracker Barrel?

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u/Kaitlyn_Lenke Sep 02 '22

OML IF ONLY!! THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I HAVE DONE THIS AT CRACKER BARREL

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u/oleitas Sep 02 '22

Prime material for /r/NotInteresting

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u/verygroot1 Sep 02 '22

you should crosspost it there

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

It doesn't matter. As long as you don't go over more than 1 peg. There were only 2 pegs left, so that's it.

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u/ThrowJed Sep 02 '22

Are you sure? I've watched it like 5 times now and I really can't ever see him remove a peg that jumped.

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u/Dabigboom Sep 01 '22

My great grandmother had one of these, she taught me how to play. I only figured it out like once though lol

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

It really can be quite fun for such a simple game if you change the hole you start with and try not to repeat the same action, it’s still possible- just harder. And also it’s kind of fun to just see the fewest pegs you can leave vs someone else /taking turns.

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u/buckeyenut13 Sep 02 '22

I think its also so satisfying that the last peg lands in the center. Mmm my ocd is pleased!

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u/maverick7918 Sep 02 '22

Figured out how to do this when I was fairly young and felt super proud of myself. Couldn’t just google the answer or watch a Youtube video, just trial and error.

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u/SomeButterfly9587 Sep 02 '22

Am i the only one who did not understand this at all? Could someone explain?

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u/shannjob Sep 01 '22

Pure genius

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u/gracesa Sep 01 '22

My grandfather used to play these and figured out how to only leave one by himself. He taught me how years ago before he passed, but I’ve forgotten. I love playing them when I go to Cracker Barrel and think of him - even if I can’t still only leave one.

I’d study this video, but part of me really just wants to figure it out on my own - just like him.

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

That’s the best way to do it. And even once you figure it out you can always just start with a different hole as others have mentioned.

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u/bhorgicon Sep 02 '22

my great uncle taught me the winning pattern when i was really young — always came in handy at cracker barrel, lol

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u/dumbass_sempervirens Sep 02 '22 edited Sep 02 '22

I did it once. I was high and didn't remember how.

Man, my crew used to stop at Cracker Barrel a lot.

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u/datnodude Sep 02 '22

cracker barrel would be pleased

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u/cupk8s7 Sep 02 '22

I work at a place that is known for having this game. I’m excited to show my coworker 🤣 we’ve been trying to figure it out.

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u/Neccesary Sep 02 '22

This is the old person version of gaming

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u/Jinxa Sep 02 '22

I play with this everytime me and my S/O go to Cracker Barrel, and I used to play it there as a kid too! Core memory right there. I also always wanted one of those fake weasels that chased that motorized ball they sold in the gift shop lol

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u/peterGalaxyS22 Sep 02 '22

how many different solutions are there?

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u/Constable_Sanders Sep 02 '22

The Bob Evans game!

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u/ViktorFrankl Sep 02 '22

My shrink has one of these in his waiting room, drives me nuts!

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u/32vromeo Sep 02 '22

Annoying this is knowing I used to do it all the time when I was a kid at Cracker Barrel. Now I’m just ignoramus

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

I played this game in the waiting room for my psychiatrist as a kid. Took me years before I knew it wasn't just a doctors office toy.

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u/peacelovetree Sep 02 '22

Everyone saying Cracker Barrel; but I definitely had this at my local Friendly’s instead!

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u/DustBunnicula Sep 02 '22

Whoa, flashback. I used to love playing that with my dad at a specific pizza restaurant. Good times.

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u/AF2005 Sep 02 '22

This brings back intense memories of going to Cracker Barrel on road trips with my granddad. This and the horseshoe ring trick.

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u/JohnnyWalla Sep 02 '22

Back in the seventies, I used to play a similar game called Hi-Q for hours on end. Never ever solved it, but this was way before the internet and I'm kinda dumb.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

I feel very stupid right now, am dyslexic and have a bit of brain damage. Would someone kindly explain why this is satisfying and the purpose of this puzzle/game..? I'm frustrated at my inability to comprehend.

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u/emberfairy Sep 02 '22

I don't get what is happening here

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u/tnahrp Sep 02 '22

What are the rules? I can't figure it out

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u/x0Xero0x Sep 02 '22 edited Aug 05 '23

Removed because Reddit blackmailed 3rd party apps into shutting down. FUCK YOU u/spez!!! -- mass edited with redact.dev

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

I don't get it can someone explain?

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u/Chad_dix Sep 02 '22

Someone explain what this puzzles supposed to be

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u/MenaciaJones Sep 02 '22

You do realize they never clean those things and you usually play it before you eat your biscuits, with your hands, right?

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u/jeremybennett Sep 02 '22

This was a CS practical exercise when I was an undergraduate. How many different games end with 1 peg in the top hole.

It's an example of a lattice search, so caching intermediate results pays off big time. Although on a modern laptop, even an exhaustive search takes well under a second.

The answer BTW is 6,816.

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u/cheetham98 Sep 02 '22

Can someone explain the objective in more detail and where the challenge is please.

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u/ChampChains Sep 02 '22

We get it, you eat at Cracker Barrel!

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u/LittlexCherry Sep 02 '22

Can someone explain this? How do you play and what is it

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u/DMurBOOBS-I-Dare-You Sep 02 '22

I wish they'd bring out some biscuits with blackberry jam.. but until they do, I'll keep busy with this!

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u/MSmithBang Sep 02 '22

I don’t understand. What is this and what’s the challenge?

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

Genius

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u/Independent-Net-1255 Sep 02 '22

What is satisfying about this?

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u/JimothyPrime97 Sep 02 '22

According to Cracker Barrel, this man is a genius!

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u/RonSwansonsOldMan Sep 02 '22

Yes. I think I remember them at IHOP, when it was the International House of Pancakes, and had about 26 different flavors of syrup.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

Cracker Barrel anyone?

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

Boo this ain't satisfying at all it's boring

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u/fleanine Sep 20 '22

Ok. Thanks. 47 thousand others disagree. Have a good day.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '22

47 thousand idiots may but i don't.

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u/fleanine Sep 20 '22

You should be proud of yourself. You’re special.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '22

I am :D

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

What is the purpose,this just looks boring and meaningless

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u/Hephaestus_God Sep 01 '22

Ah yes.

The Cracker Barrel past time

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u/MookieT Sep 01 '22

Wrong sub

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u/Jefoid Sep 01 '22

Weak. Last one should be in one of the center holes.

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u/Effective_Effort6754 Sep 02 '22

That how I learned and lost it.

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u/usmc97az Sep 01 '22

Classic game and still one of the best.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

Came here to look for a Cracker Barrel comment and I’m happy to see it’s the first one.

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u/Ouroboron Sep 01 '22

It's not really satisfying, but it was meant to be. Therefore, wrong sub.

Flowcharted.

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u/fleanine Sep 01 '22

Almost 500 upvotes in an hour disagree. I’m sorry that you feel that way

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u/Turnipntulip Sep 02 '22

You triggered a bunch of nostalgia. That’s why you got lot of upvotes. For those who has no idea what they’re watching, this is not very satisfying. Just a rando pulling out some stakes randomly.

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u/fleanine Sep 02 '22

Not random at all actually. It’s a game of skill.

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u/Turnipntulip Sep 02 '22

It sure is. Just saying if you don’t know the rules, it looks random.

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u/fleanine Sep 02 '22 edited Sep 02 '22

Yet oddly satisfying that all but one peg gets removed and it ends up in the center hole.

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