Guides for playing the games?

[Action Jackson]

Are there guides for playing the games?

I've only really played Sawayama and would like to dive into the other games, but they are too difficult for me and I can't even figure out Sigma's Garden.

I tried to start a guide on here, but it wouldn't publish for some reason.

[Goblin]

Every game has instructions included. For Sigmar's Garden, it's the triangle button left of the wins counter.
You can't really write a guide on strategies for the games beyond those instructions, because any strategy can very easily be the wrong move at any one point - you just have to think ahead.

[Action Jackson]

Originally posted by Goblin:

Every game has instructions included. For Sigmar's Garden, it's the triangle button left of the wins counter.
You can't really write a guide on strategies for the games beyond those instructions, because any strategy can very easily be the wrong move at any one point - you just have to think ahead.

They have instructions, but I didn't understand the one for Sigma's Garden.

I have developed a strategy for Sawayama and you can definitely create strategies for any game, other than simply, "thinking ahead".

Besides Sawayama, the other games are not fun because I don't understand them enough to play them or win at them.

So I'll have to disagree with you.

[luxlunae]

singmars garden all the colors pair with each other. the metallics must be paired with the white demon ankhs in the order they appear at the bottom of the screen, first demon + h, demon+4, demon+male, demon+female, demon+moon, then demon+ gold O
pink pairs with black and white barred circle pairs with itself or colors as a wild card.

my guess is your confusion mostly comes from transmuting the metals with the demon ankh, you have to start with the one that looks like H and do them in order, everything else the order doesn't matter.

[Action Jackson]

Originally posted by luxlunae:

singmars garden all the colors pair with each other. the metallics must be paired with the white demon ankhs in the order they appear at the bottom of the screen, first demon + h, demon+4, demon+male, demon+female, demon+moon, then demon+ gold O
pink pairs with black and white barred circle pairs with itself or colors as a wild card.

my guess is your confusion mostly comes from transmuting the metals with the demon ankh, you have to start with the one that looks like H and do them in order, everything else the order doesn't matter.

My confusion comes with I probably haven't played a game like this since I was a kid, if at all and it's just confusing in general.

I'm not sure that if I can't follow the guide that I could follow what you're saying, because you act like it should be obvious, but if it was obvious to me, I wouldn't be confused.

It's like people who give directions based on mental images in their heads, when the people they give the directions to don't have those references to go off of.

[Coldflame]

i don't really see what's missing from the ingame instructions for any of the games? it's hard to make it any more easy to understand than the concise text with relevant illustrations to explain

[IFIYGD]

There are walkthrough and explainer videos for each game on YouTube or Twitch. And there are guides for each game on Steam- but they will most often be found listed under the name of the game that the particular Solitaire game came from.
For instance- Sigmar's Garden may be found searching for walkthroughs or Let's Plays for Opus Magnum. One example: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1243498813
Each game in this collection has a write-up- read it to see what Zachtronics game the solitaire variation came from, and then search for the base game and the solitaire variation in guides for that game or walkthroughs for that base game.

[Action Jackson]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

There are walkthrough and explainer videos for each game on YouTube or Twitch. And there are guides for each game on Steam- but they will most often be found listed under the name of the game that the particular Solitaire game came from.
For instance- Sigmar's Garden may be found searching for walkthroughs or Let's Plays for Opus Magnum. One example: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1243498813
Each game in this collection has a write-up- read it to see what Zachtronics game the solitaire variation came from, and then search for the base game and the solitaire variation in guides for that game or walkthroughs for that base game.

Ok, thanks.