Goodsol Newsletter #396 - Fifteen Puzzle Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #396 Fifteen Puzzle Solitaire This newsletter looks at a classic game that I invented called Fifteen Puzzle. I have started tweeting again - you can follow me on Twitter @goodsolitaire. - - 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 currently have 410 games and layouts.   Lost Codes - Lost Code Lookup If you lost your registration code or you need it to install on a new computer, request your code again from our site at: https://www.goodsol.com/regusers.html.   Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows - Goodsol.com/download Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows is currently at version 20.1 with 1040 games and Daily Quests. 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.   Our iPad Games - Goodsol.com/iPad Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad recently updated to version 1.61 with 750 games.   Pretty Good Solitaire Mini - Goodsol.com/iPhone Pretty Good Solitaire for iPhone is currently at version 1.0 with 720 games.   Featured Game - Fifteen Puzzle Fifteen Puzzle is a one deck game that is rather different from the usual solitaire game. I created the game back in late 1996 for Pretty Good Solitaire. The game is based on a small plastic game consisting of numbers of 1 to 15 that slid around a 4x4 square. The numbers would be all jumbled up and the object was to put them in order. Fifteen Puzzle is solitaire card game on the same concept, with cards of the same rank sliding around 15 piles. It begins by dealing four cards each to 13 tableau piles. All of the cards are face up, making Fifteen Puzzle an open game. There are two additional tableau piles that start the game empty. Cards may be played on other cards of the same rank. For example, Jacks can be played on Jacks. But there is a limit of only four cards in any one tableau pile. The object is to get all four cards on each rank into the same piles, so that you have 13 piles of four cards of the same rank. When you do that, the game is won. Like most open games, Fifteen Puzzle is a challenging game. It can be won most of the time, although it is not known if all games are winnable. An average player wins 70% of the time, but good players can win nearly every time. I also created a number of other games using these rank piles, mixed with standard play, such as Klondike Puzzle, Yukon Puzzle, and Interchange Puzzle. Fifteen Puzzle is one of the 1040 games in Pretty Good Solitaire (for Windows), one of the 750 games in Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition and 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 - [email protected] Anne Warfield - Order Fulfillment - [email protected] ©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.