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Goodsol Newsletter #379 - Interchange Puzzle Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #379 Interchange Puzzle Solitaire   In this newsletter we have a bug fix update of the iPad app. The featured game is another of the new games in the iPad app. Tell your friends about Pretty Good Solitaire - it may help them through the lockdowns (if they are going in your area) and help us out during these difficult times too! - - Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad v1.61 A bug fix update for Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad is now available! If you have purchased the app, go to the App Store Updates area and the update should be there if you have not already downloaded it (it actually updated last week). If you have not bought the iPad app, it is available at on the iPad App Store. This update fixes a number of bugs, including a fix for the random game button. If you purchase or update, please rate and review the app!   Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows - Goodsol.com/download Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows recently updated to version 20.1 with 1040 games and Daily Quests - our 25th year! This version has 10 new games including Challenge Klondike, Corona Rush and Indian Thirteen. If you haven't downloaded the new version yet, give it a try! Download Now!   Lost Codes - Lost Code Lookup If you need your code again, you can always request that your code be sent to you: Goodsol.com/regusers.html.   Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition - Goodsol.com/mac Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition is currently at version 3.56 with 750 games. If you have the full version installed, just go to the Internet menu, select Download Latest Version to update. Version 3.56 works in the latest macOS 11.0 Big Sur.   Pretty Good Solitaire Mini - Goodsol.com/iPhone Pretty Good Solitaire for iPhone is currently at version 1.0 with 720 games.   Pretty Good MahJongg - Goodsol.com/pgmj Our companion game to Pretty Good Solitaire is Pretty Good MahJongg, solitaire with MahJongg tiles. Pretty Good MahJongg for Windows and Mac are currently have 410 games and layouts. Pretty Good MahJongg for Mac works in macOS 11.0 Big Sur.   Featured Game - Interchange Puzzle Interchange Puzzle is one of the new games in Pretty Good Solitaire v1.6 for iPad. It is a cross between Interchange and Fifteen Puzzle. It is a three deck game. The object is to move two of the decks - eight suit sets of thirteen cards - to the foundations and to move the other deck (or four suit sets) of cards into thirteen piles of four cards of the same rank. There are eight foundation piles that are built up in suit from Ace to King. Below that are seven tableau piles, to be built down in suit. Move groups of cards if they are in sequence down in suit. Fill spaces with Kings or groups of cards headed by a King. At the start of the game seven cards are dealt to each pile, alternating face up and face down. Then there are thirteen reserve piles on the right. Cards may be played on other cards of the same rank. At most four cards are allowed in any pile. Empty piles may be filled by any card. At the start of the game four cards are dealt face up to each pile. Finally, there is a stock that is turned over one card at a time to a waste pile. There are no redeals. The top card of the waste pile is available for play on the foundations or tableau. Interchange Puzzle can be won about 95% of the time by an average player, while good players can win nearly every time. Interchange Puzzle is one of the 1040 games in Pretty Good Solitaire (for Windows), and one of the 750 games in Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition and Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad. For more featured games, see the Solitaire Guide. -- Contact Us - Goodsol.com/contact.html Lost Code - Goodsol.com/regusers.html -- Thomas Warfield - Software Designer - support@goodsol.com Anne Warfield - Order Fulfillment - orders@goodsol.com ©2021 Goodsol Development Inc. PO Box 9155, Springfield IL  62791 Pretty Good Solitaire, Pretty Good MahJongg, and more.  Visit us at Goodsol.com. List Archive:  View past newsletters.

Goodsol Newsletter #378 - New Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad v1.6 with 750 Games

Goodsol Newsletter #378 New Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad v1.6 with 750 Games   Welcome to the first newsletter of 2021! We have an ambitious plan of updates for 2021, starting already with a new version of Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad. - - Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad v1.60 A new version of Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad is now available! If you have purchased the app, go to the App Store Updates area and the update should be there if you have not already downloaded it (it actually updated last weekend). If you have not bought the iPad app, it is available at on the iPad App Store. This update adds 50 new games, bringing the total to 750. The games are listed on the Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad page. Among the new games are Adelaide, Calculation FreeCell, Calculation Klondike, Double Australian, Great Triangle, Interchange Puzzle, Prime Minister, Signora, Yukon One Suit, and many more. If you purchase or update, please rate and review the app!   Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows - Goodsol.com/download Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows recently updated to version 20.1 with 1040 games and Daily Quests - our 25th year! This version has 10 new games including Challenge Klondike, Corona Rush and Indian Thirteen. If you haven't downloaded the new version yet, give it a try! Download Now!   Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition - Goodsol.com/mac Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition is currently at version 3.56 with 750 games. If you have the full version installed, just go to the Internet menu, select Download Latest Version to update. Version 3.56 works in the latest macOS 11.0 Big Sur.   Pretty Good Solitaire Mini - Goodsol.com/iPhone Pretty Good Solitaire for iPhone is currently at version 1.0 with 720 games.   Pretty Good MahJongg - Goodsol.com/pgmj Our companion game to Pretty Good Solitaire is Pretty Good MahJongg, solitaire with MahJongg tiles. Pretty Good MahJongg for Windows and Mac are currently have 410 games and layouts. Pretty Good MahJongg for Mac works in macOS 11.0 Big Sur.   Lost Codes - Lost Code Lookup If you need your code again, you can always request that your code be sent to you: Goodsol.com/regusers.html.   Featured Game - Prime Minister Prime Minister is one of the key new games in Pretty Good Solitaire v1.6 for iPad. It is a Terrace type game that is definitely worth playing. It is a two deck game. There are eight foundation piles, which will be built up in suilt from Ace to King. The game is won when all of the cards are moved here. There are ten tableau piles. Building is down by alternate color. Groups of cards in descending sequence down by alternate color may be moved as a unit. Spaces are filled only by Kings or a group of cards headed by a King. At the start of the game one card is dealt to the first and 10th piles, two cards to the 2nd and 9th piles, three cards to the 3rd and 8th piles, four cards to the 4th and 7th piles, and five cards to the 5th and 6th piles. Only the top card is face up. Also, there is a reserve pile. At the start of the game six cards are dealt face up here. The top card of the reserve is available for play only on the foundation piles (not the tableau). This is standard in Terrace type games and makes the game challenging. The remainder of the cards form a stock. Whenever play comes to a standstill, clicking on the stock will deal one card to each tableau pile that is not headed by a King. There are no redeals. Like all Terrace type games, the key to winning Prime Minister is to get the cards out of the reserve pile as quickly as possible.. Prime Minister is one of the 1040 games in Pretty Good Solitaire (for Windows), and one of the 750 games in Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition and Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad. For more featured games, see the Solitaire Guide. -- Contact Us - Goodsol.com/contact.html Lost Code - Goodsol.com/regusers.html -- Thomas Warfield - Software Designer - support@goodsol.com Anne Warfield - Order Fulfillment - orders@goodsol.com ©2021 Goodsol Development Inc. PO Box 9155, Springfield IL  62791 Pretty Good Solitaire, Pretty Good MahJongg, and more.  Visit us at Goodsol.com. List Archive:  View past newsletters.

Goodsol Newsletter #377 - Happy Goodbye Old Year

Goodsol Newsletter #377 Happy Goodbye Old Year   This is the last newsletter of 2020 - time to say goodbye to this old year. I'm late for Christmas on this, but there is a way to buy our games as a gift to another person - there are links to buy our games as a gift in a blog post - How to Order Our Games as a Gift. - - Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows - Goodsol.com/download Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows recently updated to version 20.1 with 1040 games and Daily Quests - our 25th year! This version has 10 new games including Challenge Klondike, Corona Rush and Indian Thirteen. If you haven't downloaded the new version yet, give it a try! Download Now!   Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition - Goodsol.com/mac Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition is currently at version 3.56 with 750 games. If you have the full version installed, just go to the Internet menu, select Download Latest Version to update. Version 3.56 works in the latest macOS 11.0 Big Sur.   Our iPad Games - Goodsol.com/iPad Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad is currently at version 1.5 with 700 games.   Pretty Good Solitaire Mini - Goodsol.com/iPhone Pretty Good Solitaire for iPhone is currently at version 1.0 with 720 games.  Still only 99 cents.   Pretty Good MahJongg - Goodsol.com/pgmj Our companion game to Pretty Good Solitaire is Pretty Good MahJongg, solitaire with MahJongg tiles. Pretty Good MahJongg for Windows and Mac are currently have 410 games and layouts. Pretty Good MahJongg for Mac works in macOS 11.0 Big Sur.   Lost Codes - Lost Code Lookup If you need your code again, you can always request that your code be sent to you: Goodsol.com/regusers.html.   Featured Game - Thieves of Egypt Thieves of Egypt is a popular two deck original game that I invented for Pretty Good Solitaire. It is a variation of Forty Thieves. There are eight foundation piles which are to be built up in suit from Aces to Kings. The game is won when all of the cards are moved to the foundations. There are ten tableau piles. At the start of the game, one card is dealt to the first pile, three to the 2nd, five to the 3rd, seven to the 4th, ninth to the 5th, ten to the 6th, eight to the 7th, sixth to the 8th, four to the 9th, and two to the 10th. All cards are face up. The remaining cards form a stock in the top left. In the tableau, building is down by alternate color. Groups of cards in sequence down by alternate color may be moved as a unit. Spaces may only be filled by Kings. Clicking on the stock turns over one card at a time to the waste pile. The top card of the waste pile is available for play on the foundations or tableau. There is one redeal. Thieves of Egypt can be won most of the time, and average players win about 75% of the time. Thieves of Egypt is one of the 1040 games in Pretty Good Solitaire (for Windows), one of the 750 games in Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition, one of the 700 games in Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad, and one of the 720 games in Pretty Good Solitaire Mini for iPhone. For more featured games, see the Solitaire Guide. -- Contact Us - Goodsol.com/contact.html Lost Code - Goodsol.com/regusers.html -- Thomas Warfield - Software Designer - support@goodsol.com Anne Warfield - Order Fulfillment - orders@goodsol.com ©2020 Goodsol Development Inc. PO Box 9155, Springfield IL  62791 Pretty Good Solitaire, Pretty Good MahJongg, and more.  Visit us at Goodsol.com. List Archive:  View past newsletters.

New Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad v1.6 with 750 Games

A new version of Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad is now available!

Version 1.6 adds 50 new games, bringing the total number of games to 750. The games are exactly the same games that are in the Mac Edition.

If you have purchased the iPad version, you can go to the AppStore to update it.

For more information and links to the game on the AppStore, see https://www.goodsol.com/ipad

 

Update January 11th:  We have updated this to version 1.61 with these changes:

 

50 new games in version 1.60 and bug fixes in version 1.61:

 

- bug fix: 'Random' deal button fixed to give random sequence of deal numbers

- bug fix: fixed long delays on game result database updates

- bug fix: fixed game results from 2021 on older versions not being validated or repaired

- bug fix: fixed deleting an invalid game entry causing a silent crash

- bug fix: fixed aesthetic problems on game list when accessibility settings set to large text