Goodsol Newsletter #295 -- http://www.goodsol.com
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PRETTY GOOD MAHJONGG v2.60 for Windows
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http://www.goodsol.com/pgmj
Pretty Good MahJongg, our companion game to Pretty Good Solitaire, has updated to version 2.60 (for Windows). This version adds 25 new tile matching layouts to bring the total to 345. It also contains 55 solitaire games with MahJongg tiles, for a total of 400 games. The game is also updated for Windows 10.
This is a free update for all registered users of Pretty Good MahJongg - just download the trial version and use your registration code to make it the full version (it will find your code automatically if you have the full version installed already).
Pretty Good MahJongg is solitaire with MahJongg tiles instead of playing cards. It features the classic MahJongg tile matching solitaire game, where tiles are removed in pairs, and original MahJongg solitaire games such as MahJongg Spider, MahJongg Klondike, and MahJongg FreeCell.
DOWNLOAD TRIAL - http://www.goodsol.com/pgmj/download.html
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US$24.95 for 345 tile matching layouts and 55 solitaire games
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Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows v17.2 - http://www.goodsol.com/download.html
Pretty Good Solitaire has recently updated to version 17.2 with 960 games. If you have any trouble downloading or installing, see our new video How to Download and Install Pretty Good Solitaire on the download page at http://www.goodsol.com/download.html .
Please tell your friends about Pretty Good Solitaire and direct them to Goodsol.com, we need all the help we can get!
Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows is also available on Amazon in a DVD case that is great for gifts. See the Amazon version at http://www.goodsol.com/amazon.html .
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Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition v3.4 - http://www.goodsol.com/mac
The latest version of Pretty Good Solitaire for Mac is version 3.4 with 700 games. If you have not yet updated to version 3.4, we highly recommend you do so by going to the Internet menu in the game, select "Download Latest Version". Do this before updating to macOS Sierra as versions 1 or 2 of Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition will not run in Sierra. If you have already updated to Sierra and are not yet using version 3, you will need to download again from the link in your receipt email.
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FEATURED GAME - TILE MATCHING
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How to Play TIle Matching in Pretty Good MahJongg:
http://www.goodsol.com/pgmj
Tile matching is the classic solitaire game played with MahJongg tiles. The rules are very simple, but the game can be very addictive.
The game begins with a layout of MahJongg tiles, one of the 345 different layouts that you select from the list of games and layouts. The objective is to get rid of all the tiles. You remove tiles in pairs. You can remove a pair of tiles if they are both the same tile and if each tile has at least one of its long edges free. That is, there is no other tile adjacent to it on its level. The long edges of the tile are usually the left and right sides.
If you select Game from the Options menu, there are many different highlighting and color options that help make the levels more obvious, such as by coloring all the tiles that are free and can be paired. In addition, if "Guaranteed Winnable" is checked here, every layout will always be winnable.
If you get stuck and can't find a pair, Pretty Good MahJongg has a easy right click quick move feature. Just right click on a tile and if there is an available matching tile for it, both tiles will be highlighted. Then just left click on one of the highlighted tiles to remove them.
The statusbar at the bottom of the screen tells you how many matches there are, you want to keep this number as high as possible as you remove matches because when there are no more matches, the game is lost. You can then either resign the game, undo to try something else, or shuffle the tiles to create new matches. However, if you shuffle the game cannot count as a win, although you can increase your score.
The basic strategy in tile matching is to remove tiles from the outside or top levels first. You always want to be thinking of how you can create new matches for later moves. The best moves are the ones that create the most new matches.
Have fun! There are 345 different tile matching layouts to choose from, some are easy, some are hard. Most have 144 tiles, but some have less and some have more. For starting out, the layouts called Kids with a number are easy, the number being the number of tiles the layout has (smaller is easier).
Pretty Good MahJongg can be downloaded from http://www.goodsol.com/pgmj .
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