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Goodsol Solitaire #388 - Aces and Kings Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #388 Aces and Kings Solitaire - - Goodsol Summer Sale - 20% Off! Pretty Good Solitaire (and all our other Windows and Mac games) are on sale this week only - 20% off! Just order from our site with the coupon code SUMMER to get a 20% discount off the regular price of the game. All of our Windows games at Goodsol.com/wingames.html or all of our Mac games at Goodsol.com/macgames.html are 20% off if you use the coupon code SUMMER on the order between now and the end of Sunday, June 13th. In addition to Pretty Good Solitaire, our other games such as Pretty Good MahJongg and Action Solitaire are also 20% off. Direct Link to buy Pretty Good Solitaire with 20% off: https://sites.fastspring.com/goodsol/instant/pgsolitaire?coupon=summer Direct Link to buy Pretty Good MahJongg with 20% off: https://sites.fastspring.com/goodsol/instant/mahjongg?coupon=summer -- 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 - now in our 26th 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 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.   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 - Aces and Kings Aces and Kings is a challenging and original 2 deck solitaire game with a simple layout that was invented by me back in 1996. At the start of the game, four cards are dealt out one each to four tableau piles. Then 26 more cards are dealt out 13 each to two reserve piles. All of the cards are face up. The remainder of the cards in the two decks form a stock, which will be turned over one at a time to a waste pile. There are eight foundation piles. Four piles will be built up regardless of suit beginning with Aces up to Kings, one pile for each suit, and the other four piles will be built down regardless of suit starting with Kings down to Aces, also one pile for each suit. The object is to move all of the cards to the foundations. Play begins by trying to found any available Aces or Kings. You can move any of the four cards in the tableau to the foundations, if possible. When a card is moved from the tableau, the space is filled immediately by the top card of the stock. There is no building on the tableau. The top card of each reserve pile is also available for play on the foundations. When you have no moves, you can turn over the top card of the stock to the waste pile. The top card of the waste pile is available for play on the foundations. You can play only once through the stock, there is no redeal. Because there are 13 cards buried in each reserve pile, it is important to play cards from the reserves as much as possible. The key to winning is to make use of the fact that there is no restriction on moving cards between foundation piles. That is, when you are building the Ace piles up and the King piles down, when they meet you can move cards from one to the other. This is a great way to play off cards that couldn't otherwise be played. When the foundation piles meet, look for ways to move the cards between piles so that you can play off cards from either the reserves or the tableau. Aces and Kings is a very difficult game to win, even the best players rarely win better than 10% of the time. Most players only win about 5% of the time. Aces and Kings 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 - 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 #387 - Great Wheel Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #387 Great Wheel Solitaire It has been four weeks since my open heart surgery and I am slowly recovering. I'm getting better but I will be in recovery for months. So how is this going to affect new versions of our games? There is good news and bad news. The bad news is that the next Windows Pretty Good Solitaire version will be indefinitely delayed. It will be awhile before I am well enough to work on it again. I had planned a release for about now, but I was only about halfway done with it when the health issue struck. The good news is that the Mac/iPad/iPhone games will not be much affected. They are done by another programmer. The next Mac update to Pretty Good Solitaire is in development. In this newsletter I have a featured game of an old classic game, Great Wheel.   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 - now in our 26th 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 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.   Lost Codes - Lost Code Lookup If you need your code sent to you again, you can always request that your code be sent to you at Goodsol.com/regusers.html.   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 - Great Wheel Great Wheel is an unusual and interesting solitaire game. It is a two deck game with all the Kings removed. The tableau consists of eight piles with four cards dealt face up to each. The remainder of the cards form a stock, which is dealt one card at a time to a waste pile. There are no redeals. Whenever a space is created in the tableau, it is filled by four cards dealt out face up from the waste. There is no building in the tableau until the stock is empty. Once the stock is empty, the tableau piles are built down in suit, only one card moved at a time. You begin by getting as many Twos and Threes out as possible to begin building on the foundations. Try to get the low cards played to the foundations quickly. Clearing out a tableau column is helpful since that brings four more cards into play and reduces the number of cards buried in the waste. Keeping the waste from getting too many cards is key to victory. Once you have gone through the stock, then you can begin moving cards in the tableau to free buried cards. If you can create an empty space in the tableau after the waste is empty, you can then move any card to the empty space. If you can get to that point, you will probably win the game. Similar games are Greater Wheel and Carousel. Great Wheel 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 - 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 #386 - Happy to be Here

Goodsol Newsletter #386 Happy to be Here What Happened? On April 16th, I was feeling poorly so I went to an urgent care center. They did an EKG on me and discovered I was in Atrial fibrillation. I was sent to the emergency room where after a CT scan it was determined that I had an aortic aneurysm, which could kill me at any time. I was airlifted to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. They determined that I was not strong enough for surgery, so I spend the next 11 days there getting my heart stronger. On April 26th, I had the 13 hour open heart surgery to fix my heart and I have been recovering in the hospital since. The doctors and nurses at Barnes-Jewish were just amazing and saved my life. After 26 days in the hospital I am now at home. How this Affected Our Games Obviously as a two person company, this caused a severe disruption to our service. Email response times were much slower and will continue to be slower than usual for awhile. In this trying time, we need all the help we can get. Please tell your friends about Pretty Good Solitaire, we can certainly use as many orders as possible to help us.   Lost Codes - Lost Code Lookup If you need your code sent to you again, you can always request that your code be sent to you at Goodsol.com/regusers.html. Code request response times will be slower than usual, but we will get to them, and also any support email sent from now on.   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 - now in our 26th 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 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.   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. -- 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 #385 - Milligan Harp Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #385 Milligan Harp Solitaire 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 sent to you again, you can always request that your code be sent to you at 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 - now in our 26th 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 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 - Milligan Harp Milligan Harp is a two deck variation of the games Milligan and Harp. As usual, the object is to all the cards to the eight foundation piles. These piles are built up in suit from Ace to King. There are eight tableau piles, which are built down by alternate color. Groups of cards may be moved if they are in sequence down by alternate color. Fill spaces with any card or group of cards. At the start of the game one card is dealt face up to the first pile, two to the 2nd, and so on. Only the top card of each pile is face up. The remainder of the cards form a stock. Clicking on the stock deals one card to each tableau pile. There are no redeals. An average player wins Milligan Harp only 5% of the time, but much better scores are possible. Milligan Harp 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 - 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 #384 - Scorpion Head Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #384 Scorpion Head Solitaire In this newsletter the featured game is a Scorpion variation. We have some new versions in the pipeline that will be coming, but in the meantime make sure you are up to date with the latest versions. - - 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 - now in our 26th 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 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.   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 sent to you again, you can always request that your code be sent to you at Goodsol.com/regusers.html. We respond to these requests quickly. We have some people who are repeated requesting codes as if they are not receiving our replies, please check your junk mail folders if you do not see a reply!   Featured Game - Scorpion Head Scorpion Head is a variation of the popular game Scorpion with cells. As in Scorpion, the object is to group all the cards into four sets of 13 cards in sequence down in suit from King to Ace within the tableau. There are seven tableau piles that are to be built down in suit. Groups of cards (regardless of any sequence) can be moved as a unit, so you can uncover any face up card. Fill spaces with Kings or groups of cards headed by a King. At the start of the game eight cards are dealt face up to the first three piles, in the rest of the piles four cards are face down and three cards are face up. There are four cells on the left. Only 1 card allowed in each cell, as in FreeCell. Scorpion Head is easier than regular Scorpion due to the cells. It can be won nearly every time, but an average player wins about 60% of the time. Scorpion Head 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 - 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 #383 - Waning Moon Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #383 Waning Moon Solitaire - - Lost Codes - Lost Code Lookup If you need your code sent to you again, you can always request that your code be sent to you at Goodsol.com/regusers.html. We respond to these requests quickly. We have some people who are repeated requesting codes as if they are not receiving our replies, please check your junk mail folders if you do not see a reply!   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 - now in our 26th 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 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.   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 - Waning Moon Waning Moon is a standard two deck Forty Thieves type game that is similar to Lucas. There are eight foundation piles as usual, these are to be built up in suit from Ace to King. The game is won when all of the cards are moved here. There are 13 tableau piles under the foundations. These are built down in suit. Only one card at at time may be moved. Spaces may be filled by any card. At the start of the game four cards are dealt face up to each pile. The remaining cards form a stock. The stock is turned over one card at a time to a waste pile by clicking. There are no redeals. Waning Moon is easy to play and can be won about 80% of the time by an average player. Waning Moon 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 - 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 #382 - Queens and Jacks Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #382 Queens and Jacks Solitaire - - 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 - now in our 26th 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 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.   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 - Queens and Jacks Queens and Jacks is a very simple to play, but very hard to win, two deck game. Are you feeling lucky? There are eight foundation piles, built up in suit from Kings to Aces then up to Queens. The objective is to move all of the cards here Under the foundations are eight tableau piles. These piles begin the game with all the Queens dealt to them. These piles are built down in suit from the Queens. Spaces are not filled. The remainder of the deck forms a stock, which is turned over to a waste pile one card at a time by clicking. There are no redeals. Play is simple. Whenever a King or a Jack appears, you play it to either the top row (Kings), or bottom row (Jacks). Then you try to build those up and down until a pile of the same suit meets, in which case they can all be moved up to the foundation pile. However, you are going to have to get lucky for this to happen. Queens and Jacks 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 - 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 #381 - Lady Palk Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #381 Lady Palk Solitaire In this newsletter the featured game is an old Forty Thieves type game. It's very cold here at Goodsol headquarters, it's definitely solitaire season! You can create you own games by clicking on the Wizard button on the main screen of Pretty Good Solitaire - you can create games of standard types such as Klondike types, Spider types, Forty Thieves types and more. I'm working on new games for the next version - submit the rules you chose for a game and maybe it could be included. Just create a game, go into the game, click on the Rules button and tell me all the properties listed there. Some popular games, like Vinyard or Fred's Spider came from users who created them using the Wizard. - - 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 - now in our 26th 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 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.   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 - Lady Palk Lady Palk is a two deck Forty Thieves type game that is similar to Diplomat. There are eight foundation piles that are built up in suit from Ace to King as usual. The game is won when all of the cards are moved here. There are eight tableau piles that are built down regardless of suit. Groups of cards in sequence down regardless of suit can be moved as a unit. Spaces are filled by Kings or any legal group of cards headed by a King. At the start of the game four cards are dealt face up to each pile. This is basically Forty Thieves with just eight piles instead of ten. The remainder of the deck forms a stock, which is turned over one card at a time to a waste pile by clicking. There are no redeals. Lady Palk 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 - 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 #380 - The Spark Solitaire

Goodsol Newsletter #380 The Spark Solitaire - - 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 - now in our 26th 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 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.   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 - The Spark The Spark is a two deck game that is an upside down variation of Busy Aces. There are eight foundation piles. These are to be built DOWN in suit from King to Ace, the opposite direction as usual. The game is won when all cards are moved here. There are twelve tableau piles. These are to be built UP in suit. Only top card available for play. Empty piles can be filled by any card. At the start of the game one card is dealt face up to each pile. Finally, the remainder of the cards are dealt to a stock. Cards in the stock are moved to two waste piles by clicking. Clicking on the stock moves three cards to each of the waste piles. There are no redeals. The Spark is actually an easy game to play, but what makes it difficult is that everything is backwards from the way most games play. This has no effect on how hard the game actually is, but it makes it psychologically difficult to play. The Spark 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 - 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 #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.