Goodsol Newsletter #124 - New SolitaireGames.com

Goodsol Newsletter #124
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http://www.goodsol.com


Yes, it's been awhile since the last newsletter. There just hasn't been
much news lately. But that's about to change - there's going to be a
whole lot of new stuff in the next few months. Therefore, for a few
weeks, the newsletter will be going out weekly to cover it all.

Coming next week - a new card set.



New Online Games
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http://www.goodsol.com/online

We have added a tenth and eleventh game to our online games site at
http://www.goodsol.com/online .

Scorpion, the popular Spider type game, can now be played online at
http://www.goodsol.com/online/scorpion.html .

Canfield, one of the classic solitaire games, can be played online at
http://www.goodsol.com/online/canfield.html .

Our online games are free to play in any Java-enabled browser on any
internet connected computer. The features are basic compared to our
downloadable games, but the online games give you a way to play
solitaire if you are on a computer that does not have our software
installed.

The other games on our online games site are Klondike, FreeCell, Spider,
Golf, Pyramid, Aces and Kings, Cruel, Eight Off and Yukon.


The New SolitaireGames.com
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http://www.solitairegames.com

We have completely redesigned our solitaire information site,
SolitaireGames.com. It has been updated to a new look to match our
other sites. In addition, we are adding a great deal of new content.

Solitaire Spotlight - http://www.solitairegames.com/spotlight.html

The new Solitaire Spotlight section in SolitaireGames.com is essentially an
archive of the featured games section of this newsletter from over the
years.

It currently features rules, explanations, strategies, and tips for over 30
different solitaire games in a fashion similar to the featured game section
of this newsletter. Some of these games were featured many years ago,
so if you haven't been a subscriber for long you can go back and read
about previously featured games.

The Solitaire Spotlight can be found at
http://www.solitairegames.com/spotlight.html

We are currently adding a new game to the spotlight every weekday, so
check back often for new games.



Featured Game - Australian Patience
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Australian Patience is a solitaire game that combines elements from the
popular games Klondike, also known as the standard Windows solitaire
game, and Yukon.

To begin the game, 28 cards are dealt out to the tableau, 4 cards each to
7 piles. All of the cards are face up. The remainder of the cards form a
stock, which will be turned over 1 card at a time to a waste pile. The 28
card layout is the same number of cards as Klondike, although the fact
that all the piles have the same number of cards is different from
Klondike.

There are 4 foundation piles, each pile built up in suit from Ace to King, as
in both Klondike and Yukon. The object of the game is to move all of the
cards to these piles.

The 7 tableau piles are built down by suit. Empty spaces in the tableau
may only be filled by a King or a group of cards headed by a King. Among
the 7 tableau piles you can move groups of cards regardless of any
sequence. This means that any face up card, no matter how deeply
buried, can be moved by picking it and all the cards on top of it up
together. This is like Yukon.

When you have no moves, you can turn over the top card of the stock to
the waste pile. The top card of the waste pile is available for play on the
foundations or on a tableau pile. You can play only once through the
stock, there is no redeal.

Australian Patience is harder than Yukon primarily because of the stock
and waste piles. Needed cards are often buried in the waste pile and
unavailable. A low ranked card that gets buried deep in the waste pile will
usually spell doom for the game. To win, you need to get as many cards
out of the waste pile as possible. Average players can win Australian
Patience only about 20% of the time, while very good players can get
their winning percentage up to around 33%.

It's origin is in Australia, hence it's name.

Australian Patience is one of the 700 games in Pretty Good Solitaire. It
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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