Thomas Warfield (Support)
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Username: Support
Post Number: 721
Registered: 12-2002
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Goodsol Newsletter #78
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http://www.goodsol.com
Pretty Good Solitaire 600 version 10.0.1 Now Available
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http://www.goodsol.com/download.html
A new release of Pretty Good Solitaire 600 is now available. Version
10.0.1 is available for download from
<http://www.goodsol.com/download.html>.
Version 10.0.1 is a maintenance release with just bug fixes over version 10.0.0 and enhancements to the help center screen.
New Antique Card Set
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http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsetsmake.html
A new user created card set is now available at <http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsetsmake.html>. The Antique Card Set is a variation of the Old Default Card Set with an antique look to the cards. This card set can be used in Pretty Good Solitaire version 8 or higher, Action Solitaire, FreeCell Wizard version 3 or higher, and Spider Wizard version 2.
Action Solitaire Summer Special
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http://www.actionsol.com
Action Solitaire is our new fast paced game where you play solitaire in timed rounds against the clock. To try to get more people to try this addictive game, we are offering a $5 discount off its regular price of $24.95.
You can download the trial version of Action Solitaire from <http://www.actionsol.com/download.html>. Order by June 10 at
<https://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?i tem=1505-26&linkid=asspecial>
and enter the coupon code GOOD-LN69-ASTA on the final page of the order and you'll get the $5 discount. Hurry! The discount ends June 10 and you must enter the code to receive your discount!
Action Solitaire $5 Coupon Code: GOOD-LN69-ASTA
To see a demo of how to play Pyramid in Action Solitaire, see
http://www.goodsol.com/online/actionpyramid.html
Featured Game - Eighty Thieves
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Eighty Thieves is one of the new games in version 10 of Pretty Good Solitaire. Of all the games new to version 10, Eighty Thieves has provoked the most discussion on the Goodsol Forum at <http://www.goodsol.net/forum/messages/18/926.html>.
Eighty Thieves is a four deck version of Forty Thieves. At the start of the game, 8 cards are deal to each of ten tableau piles. These are the 80 thieves. The remainder of the cards are dealt to a stock, which will be turned over one card at a time to a waste pile.
In the tableau, cards are moved one card a time. Building is down by suit. Empty spaces can be filled by any card.
The object is to free the Aces to start 16 foundation piles, built up in suit from Ace to King. The game is won when all the cards are moved to the foundations.
Eighty Thieves is a very difficult game to win, more difficult than Forty Thieves. The scores at <http://scores.goodsol.com/topscores/scores/pgs/eig htythieves.html> indicate that it is won about 1% of the time.
One player has developed an interesting strategy for Eight Thieves. In the discussion at <http://www.goodsol.net/forum/messages/18/926.html>, he posted a saved game demonstrating a strategy of moving cards back from the foundation piles to the tableau to help free other cards. To see this strategy in action, download the saved game from the discussion (the easiest way to do this is to right click on the saved game link and select "Save Target As..." from the popup menu. Then go into Eighty Thieves and open that file from the Game menu).
Even with this strategy, success will be rare. Creating an empty tableau pile is absolutely vital for success. If you can't do that well before the stock is empty, it is unlikely you will come close to winning.
Eighty Thieves is the 600 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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