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I already asked this question earlier, but since then have seen many situations when this happened.

The question is - when does the game decide it's game over? The response from Chris was that the game is over when there are no more valid moves. But I've seen the game end although there definitely were valid moves left. I even had a screenshot of this, but unfortunately, it was on another laptop and got lost.

So, I want to re-ask this - are there any scenarios at all when the game would finish even though there are still moves?

This could be interesting. Would allow to find the most optimal solution. But this would also require to seed the random number generator, so that the level could be truly reset.

I have a question regarding the end of the game. Am I correct in deducing that the game ends when the next random tile has no way to fit? Or is there another rule?