Solitaire Games:

Taiwan Tile Set

The Taiwan Tile Set for Pretty Good MahJongg has been updated for version 2. Download the Taiwan Tile Set from http://www.goodmj.com/tilesets.html

Note that this tile set requires version 2.1 of Pretty Good MahJongg, which can be downloaded from http://www.goodmj.com/download.html

Taiwantiles

Taiwantile

March 09, 2005 in Pretty Good MahJongg | Permalink | Comments (0)

New Layout - Smiley

Today's new layout for Pretty Good MahJongg is Smiley.

Smiley can be downloaded from http://www.goodmj.com/layouts.html

March 09, 2005 in Pretty Good MahJongg | Permalink | Comments (1)

Goodsol Newsletter #90 - Tarot Card Set

Goodsol Newsletter #90
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Pretty Good MahJongg Layout of the Day
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http://www.goodmj.com/tilesets.html

We are adding a new tile matching layout every day in March to Pretty Good MahJongg. You can download the new layouts at <http://www.goodmj.com/layouts.html>.
These new layouts require Pretty Good MahJongg version 2 or higher. Download version 2.1 from <http://www.goodmj.com/download.html>.

In addition, the Black Tile Set, Bakelite Tile Set, and Japan Tile Set have now been improved for version 2 of Pretty Good MahJongg. 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.

Tarot Card Set
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http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsets.html

A new card set is available! The Tarot Card Set features court cards of Swords, Cups, Pentacles, and Wands. Download the Tarot Card Set from <http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsets.html>. The Tarot Card Set is for Pretty Good Solitaire (version 8 and higher), Action Solitaire, FreeCell Wizard (version 3), and Spider Wizard (version 2).

A download of all eleven regular card sets is also available at <http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsets.html>. Download the new Tarot Card Set, along with the older holiday sets (including the St. Patrick's Day Card Set), the Traditional Card Set, and more all in one file and install.

Featured Game - Long Tail
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Long Tail is one of the new solitaire games in the latest version of Pretty Good Solitaire. It is a variation of the classic game Spiderette, a one deck Spider type game.

At the start of the game, one card is dealt to each of five tableau piles. Two cards are dealt to a special reserve pile (called the Long Tail). The remaining cards form a stock. As with most Spider type games, there are no foundation piles. The objective is to build four sequences of 13 cards down in suit from King to Ace in the tableau. When such a sequence is created, the cards will be moved out of play, giving you an empty tableau pile to use for the remaining cards.

The tableau piles are built down regardless of suit, while groups of cards can only be moved if they are in sequence down by suit (this is just like Spider). Any card or legal group of cards can fill a space. Furthermore, you can play any card or legal group of cards to the reserve long tail pile. Remember, of course, that any cards played to the long tail will need to be extracted from it sometime in the future.

Only the top card (or a sequence of cards down in suit) can be moved from the long tail.

When you have played all the moves you want to make, clicking on the stock pile will deal one card to each tableau pile (as in Spider). Then you make more moves in the tableau to try to put the cards into sequences.

As in Spider, you want to favor in suit sequences over all others. The long tail can be used both as a storage location and as a cell (like in FreeCell). It can be helpful to concentrate on getting one suit sequence built, since the sequence is then removed, leaving more room to build the remaining sequences.

It is likely that Long Tail can be won every time, although currently the average score is about 33%.

Long Tail is one of the 610 solitaire games in Pretty Good Solitaire. It can be downloaded from <http://www.goodsol.com/download.html>.

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Anne Warfield - Order Fulfilment - orders@goodsol.com

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March 08, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0)