However today for the first time, I started an UNPLAYABLE game.
c=club, d=diamond, s=spade, h=heart
r=red, b=black

Jcb 7sb 10cb 5dr 2sb 2dr Jsb 

So no move there.  I’m using 3 cards dealt.

I’m dealt the following top cards for each 3 dealt.

7cb
Qdr
Kdr
3sb
4dr
3hr
8sb
Qhr

That’s it! Not a single move can be made!!!  Awesome :)  And I had been curious if this was a possibility.  You’d think there could be an algorithm which would at least prevent an unplayable game (notice I didn’t say unwinnable).  That shouldn’t be too tough.  7 cards stack and 8 cards dealt to run all the possibilities and find one move isn’t possible. - Lame!

The line’s formula is -15.54 * (time in seconds) + 7218 … almost.  I expect it’s more complex than that, but that is suggestively linear.

Yesterday, I got to a point where I just needed to add one more king to a pile to win the game.  I set the phone down and went to lunch.  When I got back, 3000 seconds had elapsed and the score had gone to zero.  I stacked the king, and got 115 points for the move.  So we can be pretty sure that your score will never be less than zero.  I think 115 might be the lowest score one can get and still win — unless it would have been less than 115 points if, say, 6000 seconds had gone by.

If you have time/score pairs, post them here and we can add more sample points.

I do hereby declare myself… RUFIO for the remainder of the thread.

That is all.