Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator
Username: Support
Post Number: 508
Registered: 12-2002
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Goodsol Newsletter #68
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New Action Solitaire Version
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<http://www.actionsol.com>
A major new version of Action Solitaire is now available. Version 0.94 of Action Solitaire adds a major new feature - the ability for registered users to submit scores to the new Action Solitaire scores web site at <http://scores.actionsol.com>. The web site updates immediately with your scores when you submit.
Action Solitaire is a collection of 23 solitaire games that are played in a new way. Unlike regular solitaire, Action Solitaire is played for points against the clock in timed rounds.
Download the free 30 day trial of Action Solitaire
<http://www.actionsol.com/download.html>
In the new version, while playing a game, the end of round screen will have a new button that says "online". If you click on this button, you will be able to retrieve the high scores of the game you are playing and see how your current score ranks. At the end of the game, you can then submit your score to the scores web site.
You can also click on the new button on the main screen for "High Scores". From here you will be able to submit your high scores to the web site. You can also click a button to view the high scores on the web site (all this requires an active internet connection, of course).
The high scores web site at <http://scores.actionsol.com> has two scores lists for each game. The Recent Scores list shows the 100 most recently submitted scores listed in order by score. The All Scores lists shows the 1000 highest scores for that game. These two lists mean that even if your score isn't one of the highest scores for that game, you'll still make the recent scores list while your score is one of the 100 most recently submitted scores. Only registered users of Action Solitaire can submit their scores, but everyone can view them.
We hope you'll find this new online feature a major improvement to Action Solitaire. It adds a competitive element to the game where you can now complete against other players for scores. Pretty Good Solitaire and Pretty Good MahJongg players take note - we will be adding similar immediate update high scores in next year's new versions.
Play Klondike Online
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<http://www.goodsol.com/games/klondike>
You can now play standard 7 pile Klondike solitaire online in your browser, no download necessary. Our new free Java Klondike is at <http://www.goodsol.com/games/klondike>. It looks just like Pretty Good Solitaire, and features AutoPlay, 1 or 3 card deal, and right click quick move. Now you can play Klondike anywhere with just an internet browser.
Featured Games - Seven Steps
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Seven Steps is a Canfield type game. It is a cross between the games Seven Devils and Steps. Seven Devils is an extremely difficult game, Seven Steps makes rules changes that give the player a fighting chance to win.
Seven Steps is a two deck game. The cards are dealt out in 7 tableau piles in Klondike fashion, with one card in the first pile, two cards in the second, and so on. Only the top card is face up. Seven cards are dealt face up to a reserve pile. These cards are the seven steps. All of the cards are available for play, but only on the foundations or an empty tableau pile.
The remainder of the cards form a stock, which is turned over one card at a time to a waste pile. There is no redeal.
Building in the tableau is down by alternate color. Any card or legal group of cards can be played in an empty tableau pile.
Play is straightforward but the game is difficult to win. But there are few tricks you can do to increase your chances. The main thing to notice is how valuable an empty tableau pile is. Try to create an empty tableau pile as soon as possible.
An empty tableau pile can be used to play a card from the reserve to the tableau. You can only play a card from the reserve to an empty tableau pile, never on another card in the tableau. But if you have an empty tableau pile available, you can use it to play the card to the empty tableau pile, then move the card onto another card in the tableau, which leaves the pile empty again.
This is a great way to get cards out of the reserve into play. It is a good idea to keep a tableau pile empty unless you absolutely need to put a card in it or if the reserve is empty.
Seven Steps is one of the 560 solitaire card games in Pretty Good Solitaire, which 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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