Made in Asia, purchased 2007.
(felt lined wood tray and 10 wood pieces, 8 by 8.5 by 1 inches)

The directions show Red Donkey (Version C) and some other problems including Little House.

Here is every 8th move of a solution to Little House of 250 straight-line moves, which can be converted to 233 rectilinear moves by combining 7/8, 41/42, 64/65, 75/76, 87/88, 91/92, 94/95, 118/119, 128/129, 134/135, 138/139, 165/166, 189/190, 192/193, 196/197, 208/209, 220/221. Positions 18 and 21 are also shown; by replacing moves 19 to 21 by two rectilinear moves, a solution results that is minimal for the straight-line and unit metrics, and only one move longer than a minimal 231 rectilinear moves solution (see the following page):


Little House
(Pierre-Francois Culand)

(one move = slide one piece any number of units in one direction)

Here is every 7th move of a solution of 231 rectilinear moves solution:


(one move = slide one piece any number of units in any number of directions)