Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator
Username: Support
Post Number: 843
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 9:31 am: | |
Goodsol Newsletter #88
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New version 2.1 of Pretty Good MahJongg
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Pretty Good MahJongg version 2.1 is now available. It can be downloaded from <http://www.goodmj.com/download.html>.
What's New in version 2.1:
- 15 new tile matching layouts. Now there are a total of 175 tile matching layouts.
- Now you can create your own tilesets. See <http://www.goodmj.com/tilesets.html#create> for details. You can also download the first custom made tileset, the Goodsol Cats tileset, from this page.
- Now includes the Pretty Good MahJongg Screensaver. This is a screensaver of the game winning animation.
Version 2.1 is a free update for registered users of Pretty Good MahJongg. Just download and if a previous version is installed it will find your registration code automatically. Pretty Good MahJongg can be ordered for US$24.95 at <http://www.goodmj.com/orderonline.html>.
Improved Tile Sets
http://www.goodmj.com/tilesets.html
We are improving all of the tilesets of Pretty Good MahJongg for version 2. The Kids Tile Set and the Space Tile Set have now been improved for version 2. These tile sets have been made clearer and sharper and updated for the new graphics of version 2. You can download the new improved tilesets from <http://www.goodmj.com/tilesets.html>. These new tilesets require version 2 of Pretty Good MahJongg, they will not work in version 1.
Watch the tilesets page as we continue to update more tilesets.
Also, we will be regularly adding more tile matching layouts on the layouts page at <http://www.goodmj.com/layouts.html>.
I hope you like the recent improvements to Pretty Good MahJongg. New versions of Action Solitaire and Pretty Good Solitaire are coming soon!
Solitaire Plus for Mac OS X
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http://www.goodsol.com/mac.html
Solitaire Plus for Mac OS X is a collection of 30 popular solitaire games for Apple Mac computers. It contains many favorites including Klondike, FreeCell, and Spider. While it is not as large or full featured as Pretty Good Solitaire, Solitaire Plus is based on our old Free Solitaire game. It therefore contains many of the elements of Pretty Good Solitaire, such as right click quick move. Solitaire Plus will run on any Mac mini, iMac, PowerMac, iBook, or PowerBook with Mac OSX version 10.1 or higher. This is the closest to a Mac version of Pretty Good Solitaire that there will likely be for some time. Solitaire Plus can be downloaded or ordered from <http://www.goodsol.com/mac.html>. Try the trial version or order with a money back guarantee.
Featured Game - Simple Simon
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Simple Simon is an underrated one deck game of the Spider type.
At the start of the game, all 52 cards are dealt face up to 10 piles. Eight cards are dealt to each of the first three piles, then seven cards are dealt to the fourth pile, six cards to the third pile, and so on until only one card is dealt to the last pile. Since all of the cards are dealt out and face up, Simple Simon is an open game, which is unusual for Spider type games.
The objective is to build the tableau into 4 piles of 13 cards down in suit sequence from Kings to Aces. To achieve this, you can build tableau piles down regardless of suit. Groups of card can be moved as a unit if they are in sequence down in suit. These are the same building rules as Spider. Unlike Spider, once a suit sequence is created it is not removed from the tableau (in this way the game is like Scorpion).
As with most open games, Simple Simon has opportunity for skill. Clearly you want to build in suit if possible, since then you can move the cards together. Creating open spaces is imperative. Most of all, though, you need to keep open options of movement. That is, you need to make moves that will create other moves, even if these moves might not be optimal. You may need to not build in suit, for example, if the non-suit move allows some other cards below it to be moved.
The average player in the user statistics at <http://scores.goodsol.com/topscores/scores/pgs/sim plesimon.html> wins Simple Simon about 75% of the time. It seems likely that most Simple Simon games are winnable and that unwinnable games are probably rare but possible.
There are a couple of variations of Simple Simon. Simon Jester is a two deck variation and Simon Says is an easier variation with two free cells.
Simple Simon is one of the 600 solitaire games in Pretty Good Solitaire. It can be downloaded from <http://www.goodsol.com/download.html>.
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Thomas Warfield - Software Designer - support@goodsol.com
Anne Warfield - Order Fulfilment - orders@goodsol.com
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