Goodsol Newsletter #360 -- https://www.goodsol.com
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LATEST VERSIONS
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WINDOWS --
Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows is currently at version 19.2 with 1015 games and Daily Quests. Download the latest Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows:
https://www.goodsol.com/download.html
The 25th anniversary version of the Windows Pretty Good Solitaire is coming in July!
MAC --
Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition is currently at version 3.56 with 750 games. If you have the full version installed, just go to the
Internet menu, select "Download Latest Version" to update. Download the trial at https://www.goodsol.com/mac .
iPAD --
Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad is currently at version 1.5 with 700 games. Learn more at https://www.goodsol.com/ipad .
IPHONE --
Pretty Good Solitaire for iPhone is currently at version 1.0 contains 720 games. Learn more at https://www.goodsol.com/iphone . Still at its introductory price of only 99 cents.
PRETTY GOOD MAHJONGG --
Our companion game to Pretty Good Solitaire is Pretty Good MahJongg, solitaire with MahJongg tiles. Pretty Good MahJongg for Windows is currently at version 2.7 with 410 games. Try it out at https://www..goodsol.com/pgmj .
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FEATURED GAME - FIVE PILES
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Five Piles is a simple one deck addition type game.
At the start of the game, one card each is dealt to five piles (hence the name of the game). The object of the game is to discard the entire deck in pairs, except for Kings, which are discarded singly when they appear.
Valid pairs are any two cards whose ranks add to 13. Aces and Queens are a pair, as are Twos and Jacks, Threes and Tens, Fours and Nines, Fives and Eights, and Sevens and Sixes.
When all possible cards are paired, clicking on the stock will deal out another row of cards on the five piles, covering any remaining
cards. Then remove any more possible pairs. When you get to the bottom of the deck, only two cards will remain. Clicking on the stock will then deal these two cards out to two special additional piles, which can be paired with any of the original five piles or each other.
While the game is simple and mechanical, there is opportunity for skill in choosing which cards to pair when there is more than one
option. As a general rule, you should pair cards that have the most cards buried underneath them. However, it is worthwhile to keep in mind what cards are buried where (and you can also peek under the top card of a pile to see the card immediately below). Look to choose cards to pair that will uncover more cards that can be paired.
Five Piles is a tough game to win - you are doing well if you can win a few percent of the time. Most games will block with half the deck remaining in the piles, and a few games with block when you get agonizingly close to winning.
Five Piles is one of the 1015 games in Pretty Good Solitaire (for Windows) at https://www.goodsol.com/download.html , and one of the 750 games in Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition at https://www.goodsol.com/mac and one of the 700 games in Pretty Good Solitaire for iPad at https://www.goodsol.com/ipad and one of the 720 games in Pretty Good Solitaire Mini for iPhone at
https://www.goodsol.com/iphone .
For more featured games, see the Solitaire Guide at https://www.goodsol.com/games/
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