Peg solitaire

Peg Solitaire in the terminal.

I assume you know the rules.

How to move pegs

The syntax is <pos> <direction> where pos is an order-independent combination of a <col> (a case-insensitive letter in the range A-Z) and a <row> (a number in the range 1-26)

and direction is a symbol representing the move direction of the peg located at pos which can be one of the following:

• > (right)
• < (left)
• ^ (up)
• v (down)

Here are some example moves:

• f4<
• 4f<
• D2v
• 2 d v
• 3B >

Validity of a move also depends on the shape of the board. Even though a move like d7< is syntactically correct, it is not a legal move on an English board.

Flags

You can specify how big you want the board to be rendered.

Pass the scale flag with a payload of

• small
• normal or
• big

The default scale is normal.

Running the game

I wrote the game in Go 1.24, but you should be able to build it with Go 1.22+.

• Clone the repository

  git clone https://github.com/abdrd/peg-solitaire

• Change directory

  cd peg-solitaire

• Either

  • Build

      go build -o solitaire .
    

    • Run

        ./solitaire
      

    • Install (optional)

        go install solitaire
      

  • Or just start the game without building

    go run .
  

Contribute

Read TODO.md for feature ideas.

Contributions for bug fixes, code improvements, or new ideas etc. are also welcome.

License

MIT