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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. 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 4square ends - to makes a square). The Solitaire Marble Game strategy played by simply removing one marble from the board and place it in one of the holders in the corner. Then jump one marble over one other marble into the open spot. Remove the marble that you jumped over and then repeat until you no longer have marbles adjacent to each other and can therefore no longer jump. To win, you must leave only one marble in the diamond. If you do it perfectly, it should end exactly in the center. 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 center 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 another side. Therefore, the first turn can be made only by jumping a piece into the middle hole from one of 4 possible points.