Thomas Warfield (Support)
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Username: Support
Post Number: 526
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 12:59 pm: | |
Goodsol Newsletter #69
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New version of Pretty Good Solitaire
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A new release of Pretty Good Solitaire is now available. Version 9.2.0 is available for download from <http://www.goodsol.com/download.html>.
Version 9.2.0 adds 10 new games to bring the total number of games to 570. The new games are Double Kingsley, Double Russian, Free Fan, Granada, Inverted FreeCell, Mumbai, Right Triangle, Single Left, Three Bears, and Three Demons.
This new version is a free upgrade for those who originally ordered the Quest Edition, 500 version, or version 9, or who paid to upgrade to those versions. Just download the trial version and it will use your same registration code. Users who originally ordered Pretty Good Solitaire 2k (2000 version) or earlier can upgrade at <http://www.goodsol.com/upgrade.html>. New users can order at <http://www.goodsol.com/orderonline.html>.
Comments on the new version are always welcome at tom@goodsol.com!
TO DOWNLOAD
You can download Pretty Good Solitaire version 9.2.0 from
<http://www.goodsol.com/download.html>. If you have version 7.0.0 or higher already installed, you can also download by running the game, selecting the Internet menu and selecting "Download Latest Version". If you download this way you will have the option of downloading either the full version or an update version containing just the new files for your particular version. Be sure to exit out of the running game before installing.
MORE INFORMATION
More information about Pretty Good Solitaire:
http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/index.html
http://ww.goodsol.com/pgs/whatsnew.html
Pretty Good Solitaire Gift CD
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Our gift CD is back for the holidays. For just $31.95, buy our gift wrapped CD of Pretty Good Solitaire. The CD contains Pretty Good Solitaire, plus all currently available card sets. Multiple quantity discounts are available. To order the gift CD, just visit our site at <http://www.goodsol.com> and click on the picture of the Christmas Kitten Queen of Diamonds from the Christmas Card Set. It is on the right side.
Christmas Card Set
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Download the Christmas Card Set from <http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsets.html>.
It features green and red cards with a holiday theme. The Christmas Card Set is for registered users of Pretty Good Solitaire, Action Solitaire, FreeCell Wizard, or Spider Wizard only. But for a limited time, unregistered users can see the Christmas Card Set by downloading the special Pretty Good Solitaire Christmas Edition from our site at <http://www.goodsol.com>. The special Christmas download includes the latest version 9.2 and installs the Christmas Card Set in addition to the regular cards.
Play Solitaire Online
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<http://www.goodsol.com/online>
Our new online games area has moved and expanded. You can now play Klondike, FreeCell, or Spider for free online at <http://www.goodsol.com/online>. All three games look just like Pretty Good Solitaire. They have limited features, but all have the right click quick move for easy play.
Featured Games - Right Triangle
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Right Triangle is a new game in Pretty Good Solitaire 9.2. It is similar to the existing games Hypotenuse and Eternal Triangle. It is a two deck game of the Klondike type.
The cards are dealt out in 10 tableau piles in reverse Klondike fashion, with ten cards in the first pile, nine cards in the second, and so on. Only the top card is face up. The remainder of the cards form a stock.
Building in the tableau is down by alternate color. Groups of cards in sequence down by alternate color can be moved as a unit. Only a King or group of cards headed by a King can be played in an empty tableau pile.
When there are no more moves, clicking on the stock deals one card to each tableau pile. Play is very typical for this type of game, but it is not easy to win, as the dealing from the stock tends to bury needed cards.
Up to this point the game is exactly the same as Hypotenuse and very similar to Eternal Triangle. But Right Triangle has an extra bonus at the end of the game that makes it easier to win.
When the stock is empty and no more cards can be dealt out the tableau, the stock pile turns into a reserve or cell, with no limit on the number of cards that can be played to it (one card at a time). You can move as many cards as you like to this reserve pile. This means that you can access any buried card in the tableau by simply moving the cards on top of it to this reserve pile.
Of course, the trick then is that you need to be able to get these cards back out of the reserve onto the tableau or foundations in order to win the game. You can only move the cards back from the reserve one card at a time. Always remember when you place a card on this pile that you are going to have to figure out a way to get it back into play later. Since only Kings can be placed on empty tableau piles, this isn't always easy. There has to be a place to play the card to get it out of the reserve.
Nevertheless with proper play Right Triangle can be won most of the time. It gives a much better chance of winning than the 15% record for an average player of Hypotenuse.
Right Triangle is one of the 570 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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