Goodsol Newsletter #128 - Tropical Card Set

Goodsol Newsletter #128
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New Card Set - Tropical Card Set
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http://www.goodsol.com/pgs/cardsets.html

A new card set, the Tropical Card Set, is now available. The Tropical 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.


Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition
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http://www.goodsol.com/mac

The long delayed new 101 game version of Pretty Good Solitaire Mac
Edition is coming soon! We are currently in beta testing with the new
version and it will be released as soon as it's ready. If you have a Mac OS X
version 10.4 or higher computer and you want to get an early look at the
new version, you can join our beta test by emailing me at
support@goodsol.com .

A new version of the Windows Pretty Good Solitaire is also coming soon
after the Mac version.



Featured Game - Osmosis
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Osmosis, sometimes also known as Treasure Trove, is an interesting and
different solitaire game. Unlike most solitaire games, you do not build the
foundation piles up in the usual way (such as up by suit).

In Osmosis, 16 cards are dealt 4 cards each to 4 reserve piles, with only the
top card face up. This top card is available for play. Then one card is dealt
out to the first foundation pile. The remainder of the cards form a stock,
which will be turned over 1 card at a time to a waste pile.

The first card dealt to that first foundation pile is what starts the game.
The other 3 foundation piles begin empty. On the first foundation pile, you
can play any other available card of the same suit. So, for example, if the
King of Hearts is the card played to the first foundation pile, you can play
any other Heart to that pile. On the next foundation pile, you can start the
pile by playing any card of the same rank (value) as the first card played to
the first pile. So in the example, you could start the next pile with any
other King. After the first card has been played to a pile, you can then play
any other card of that suit that is of a rank that has already been played to
the pile above.

Suppose in the example you are able to play the King of Clubs to the 2nd
foundation pile. With the King of Hearts starting the first pile and the King
of Clubs the 2nd, you can now play any Heart to the first pile, and then any
Club of the same rank to the 2nd pile. So if you then play the 6 of Hearts to
the first pile, you could then play the 6 of Clubs to the 2nd pile if it is
available. The process filters down through 4 foundation piles, one for each
suit. Eventually the goal is to get all of the cards into the 4 piles.

When you have no moves, you can turn over the top card of the stock to a
waste pile. There are unlimited redeals. When the stock is empty, you just
turn over the waste pile and run through it again.

The key to winning is to get the face down cards out of the 4 reserve piles.
Since all of the cards in the stock will eventually become available, the
only way to lose is to not be able to get a card out of the reserve.

The game Peek is a variation of Osmosis. The only difference between Peek
and Osmosis is that in Peek you can see all the cards in the reserve (none
of the cards are face down). Therefore in Peek you know where all the
cards are buried.

Osmosis is one of the 700 games in Pretty Good Solitaire at
http://www.goodsol.com/download.html and one of the 101 games in
Goodsol Solitaire 101 at http://www.goodsol.com/101/download.html .

For more featured games, see the Solitaire Spotlight
at http://www.solitairegames.com/spotlight.html

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Thomas Warfield - Software Designer - support@goodsol.com
Anne Warfield - Order Fulfillment - orders@goodsol.com

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