Goodsol Newsletter #125 - Wood Card Set

Goodsol Newsletter #125
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http://www.goodsol.com


New Card Set - Wood Card Set
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http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsets.html

A new card set, the Wood Card Set, is now available. This card set
features beautiful card designs on a hard wood background. The Wood
Card Set can be downloaded from
http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsets.html .

There are two versions of this card set, one for Pretty Good Solitaire
version 12 and one for older versions of Pretty Good Solitaire and
our other games. Both versions of the card set will actually work in all
versions of Pretty Good Solitaire (version 8 and above), but if you have
version 12 you should download the card set for version 12 as it contains
detailed images for all 5 card sizes. The card set download for earlier
versions is smaller as the 2 larger sizes are not included.


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

Don't forget, there are now featured game archives over 40 different
solitaire games with rules, strategies, and tips at the Solitaire Spotlight
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 - Tarantella
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Tarantella is a two deck original solitaire game invented by Thomas
Warfield.

There are ten tableau piles. At the start of the game 5 cards are dealt to
each pile. In the first and 10th piles, the top card is face up, in the 2nd
and 9th piles 2 cards are face up, in the 3rd and 8th piles 3 cards are face
up, in the 4th and 7th piles 4 cards are face up, and in the 5th and 6th
piles all the cards are face up.

The tableau piles are built down by alternate color, wrapping from Ace to
King as necessary. Groups of cards in sequence down by alternate color
may be moved as a unit. Spaces may be filled by any card or legal
sequence of cards.

There are only 4 foundation piles. They are built up in color from Ace to
King, back to Ace to King again, until each pile contains 26 cards. At the
start of the game an Ace of each suit is dealt to each foundation pile.

There is a reserve pile located at the top of the layout. The top card is
available for play on the foundations or tableau. At the start of the game
10 cards are dealt to this pile.

The remainder of the cards are dealt face down to the stock. When play
comes to a standstill, clicking on the stock deals one card to each tableau
pile. There is no redeal.

An average player can win Tarantella about 90% of time. However, nearly
every position is winnable, so scores of 100% are quite possible.

Tarantella 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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