Thomas Warfield (Support)
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Username: Support
Post Number: 1096
Registered: 12-2002
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Goodsol Newsletter #108
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Pretty Good Solitaire version 11.0 Now Available
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http://www.goodsol.com/download.html
A new release of Pretty Good Solitaire is now available. Version 11.0 is available for download from http://www.goodsol.com/download.html .
Version 11.0 adds 20 new games, bringing the total number of games to 660. The new games are Alliance, Bunker, Calculation FreeCell, Double Storehouse, Double Trigon, Forty Bandits, Heracles, Kiev, Linus, Neptune, Nine to Five, Panther Creek, Quadruple Trigon, Rouen, Selective FreeCell, Suit Triangle, Suits Up, Trigon, Wading Pool, and Wildflower.
TO DOWNLOAD
You can download Pretty Good Solitaire version 11.0 from http://www.goodsol.com/download.html . If you already have version 7.0 or higher installed, you can also download from within the game by going to the Internet menu and selecting "Download Latest Version". Be sure to exit the game before you install.
UPGRADES
Pretty Good Solitaire version 11.0 is a free update for those who originally registered versions 8 through 10 in 2002 to 2005 or those who have already paid for an upgrade. Full details on upgrading are at http://www.goodsol.com/upgrade.html . In short, if you purchased after the release of version 8 on January 25, 2002 or have already purchased an upgrade, this is a free update.
If you qualify for a free upgrade, your registration code will work in the new version. Normally Pretty Good Solitaire should register itself if it finds a registered copy of one of these older versions. If not and you have lost your code, you can request that your registration code be sent to you again from http://www.goodsol.com/regusers.html .
If you originally registered Pretty Good Solitaire 97, 98, 99, 2k, or Quest Edition, and you have not yet paid for an upgrade, you can upgrade for only US$11.95 from http://www.goodsol.com/upgrade.html . See that page for more information.
TO ORDER
Pretty Good Solitaire version 11.0 is still only US$24, plus an optional $7.50 shipping for a CD-ROM. In addition to installing the basic game, the CD-ROM also installs all of the currently available extra card sets.
You can order online from http://www.goodsol.com/orderonline.html .
Phone and mail order options are also available from that page.
MORE INFORMATION
More information about Pretty Good Solitaire version 11.0:
What's New: http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/whatsnew.html
General: http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/index.html
Featured Game - Alliance
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Alliance is a new two deck game. It is a variation of the game Matrimony. Matrimony is a very difficult game to win, but Alliance changes some rules towards the end of the game to give the player a fighting chance.
At the start of the game, the Jack and Queen of Diamonds are dealt to start two foundation piles. There are eight foundation piles total, four are built from Jacks down in suit to Aces, then King and Queen. The other four are built from Queens up in suit to King, Ace, and then up to Jack.
The game is won when all of the cards are built to the foundations.
16 cards are dealt out one each to 16 tableau piles. The remaining cards form a stock.
Play begins by making any possible moves from the tableau piles to the foundations. Cards cannot be moved between tableau piles at this stage. When there are no more moves, click on the stock to deal one card to each tableau pile. Again make any possible moves to the foundations. Continue in this way until the stock is empty.
Once the stock is empty and there are no more possible moves to the foundations, the next stage of the game begins. Clicking on the empty stock will do a redeal of the tableau piles.
Here is how the redeals are done:
The cards in the last pile of the last row are picked up and turned over. The top card (which was the bottom card before the pile was turned over) is dealt to the pile where the cards were taken, the remainder are dealt to the first pile in the first row and across until the cards run out. Then make any moves to the foundations.
Once all moves are made, another redeal is done for each pile in the tableau, moving from the bottom right pile to next pile to its left. There are 16 redeals in all, one for each pile.
After the 16th redeal, the game is usually not yet won. There are usually some cards still remaining in some of the tableau piles. This is where the game enters its final stage. In this final stage, you can finally move cards between tableau piles. You can build the tableau piles up or down by suit. This will usually allow you to transfer some cards and possibly clear some piles that were blocked. It is this final stage that makes Alliance different and easier than Matrimony.
Alliance is one of the new games among the 660 games in Pretty Good Solitaire. Pretty Good Solitaire can be downloaded from
http://www.goodsol.com/download.html
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Thomas Warfield - Software Designer - support@goodsol.com
Anne Warfield - Order Fulfillment - orders@goodsol.com
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