Travel through 12 luxurious Christmas themed locations and enjoy exciting gameplay. Make chains of cards, use bonuses and earn rewards!

Select from two difficulty modes - novice and professional. Choose the one that will make the game comfortable and fun for you! Complete levels faster and easier by using shuffle, mulligan and the Joker. Find the special bonus cards or buy them in the shop! Can you earn the bonus coins by making a 25-card chain?

This game is the perfect Christmas present for solitaire fans! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

• Explore 12 locations
• 120 levels of Solitaire fun!
• Use bonuses and earn rewards!
• Earn special achievements and trophies!

Requires: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8, 512MB RAM, 65MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

As bungling detective Max Stone, explore a criminal underworld teeming with mobsters, criminals, crooks, thugs, thieves, bankers and lawyers, and more puns than you ever thought possible. Meet crazy characters and enjoy a captivating story mode with slapstick dialogue.

Do you have the grit to hunt down and take down Jimmy Menendez and his boys, in Crime Solitaire 2: The Smoking Gun?

• Collect over 30 items
• Also includes Challenge and Five Peaks modes
• Visit 100+ locations!
• Compete and collect 25+ trophies!

Requires: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8, 1024MB RAM, 86MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

That sets the scene and setting, but the mechanics of the game involve playing solitaire! Specifically, you'll play the very simple, but confoundingly addictive, "Golf" solitaire, in which your task is to remove cards from the layout that are one higher or one lower than the top of the discard pile. Clear the layout, and you win the round, and advance to the next!

Seven Seas Solitaire contains over 300 levels to explore. You'll match cards and fire cannonballs to clear the levels and gather the clues and tools you need to find your darling. You will need to put together legendary combos to rack up as much gold as you can. You can then spend your gold on over 20 unique upgrades for your ship and for your island hideaway. Seven Seas Solitaire also includes a number of exciting mini-games to test your luck and skill, and earn awards for your derring-do.

As you sail and swashbuckle your way across the oceans, you'll discover one surprise after another. Do you have the skills and the courage to conquer the ocean's dangers and become a captain of legend? Find out in the addictive Seven Seas Solitaire.

• Gripping story
• Build your own hide-away
• Over 300 levels
• 13 awards to unlock
• Buy over 20 power ups

Requires: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8, 512MB RAM, 101MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later. Also available for Macintosh.

Pretty Good Solitaire Mac Edition is easy to play, giving you the choice of the standard drag and drop or its unique quick right button mouse clicks to move the cards. The game offers a full-featured "undo" option, where you can undo each and every move and redo them again if you wish. You can also leave a game while it is in progress and it will be automatically saved, so that when you enter that game again it will play the game back for you to where you left off. You can also submit your statistics and see how you rank against other players. Also includes Climb Mode, where you play games in order for a cumulative score.

With the Mac version of Pretty Good Solitaire, you can use additional card sets, use 3 different card sizes, use any image as a background, as well as many other great features.

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• Over 500 maps and 5 types of cards
• 5 unique backgrounds and card faces
• Incredible space-themed graphics

Requires: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7, 128MB RAM, 58MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

• Exciting gameplay
• Relaxing music
• Get the perfect score!

Requires: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8, 1024MB RAM, 52MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

Pretty Good Solitaire is easy to play, giving you the choice of the standard drag and drop or its unique quick right button mouse clicks to move the cards. Don't settle for just being able to undo one move again, with Pretty Good Solitaire you can undo every move and redo them again if you wish. Leave a game while it is in progress and Pretty Good Solitaire will save it for you - when you enter that game again it will play the game back for you to where you left off.

You can submit your statistics to the web site and see how you rank against other players. Pretty Good Solitaire has large and beautiful easy-to-read playing cards and lush backgrounds that make playing solitaire a visual delight and you can download additional cards as well. You can change the background to any color or any image. If you can't decide which game to play, Pretty Good Solitaire can select a game at random for you. You can even create your own solitaire games with the wizard! For an extra challenge, climb the levels of a quest by winning games and try to get the highest score!

Warning: Pretty Good Solitaire may be addictive. We are not responsible for lost productivity, neglected spouses, children, or pets. We are not responsible for lost sleep because you stay up to play "just one more game". Pretty Good Solitaire makes solitaire more fun!

Pretty Good Solitaire for Windows is also available on CD-ROM.

In Dr. Mal: Practice of Horror is a one-of-a-kind solitaire card game. The solitaire gameplay is pretty simple – your basic "Golf" game, in which you play cards from the layout lower or higher than the one shown on the pile. There are also special-action cards, different decks, wild goals, and a variety of fun characters that suffer from amusing conditions such as Deep Vein Trombonist, Boogie Fever, Fumdiddlyosis, Explosive Acne Syndrome, Golfer's Elbow, and much more.

With non-stop humor, creativity and great graphics, Dr. Mal: Practice of Horror lets you use your medical prowess and your mad solitaire skills to treat a range of weird and wacky patients!

• Gorgeous animated cartoon graphics
• Hours of entertaining gameplay
• The craziest game of solitaire you'll ever play!
• Meet a range of weird and wacky patients
• Help Dr. Mal perform surgeries on 50 hilarious illnesses

Requires: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8, 512MB RAM, 102MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

The House of Cards has disappeared and the Solitaire Kingdom is now in ruins. Evil is afoot as hordes of orcs and sorcerers are making their way across the lands and plundering the villages. The people have called out for help and one has answered their cries - You!

Travel to this magical land and find the Lost Cards to rebuild the Kingdom. Play 150 fun solitaire levels and meet objectives that will allow you to continue moving forward. As your skills grow, you'll be able to uncover game-changing powers. Enjoy three different game modes, change card decks, earn fantastic achievements, and win money to purchase helpful aids. Rescue the Solitaire Kingdom before it is no more.

• Enjoy 150 levels of Solitaire
• Exciting Solitaire fun
• Colorful graphics
• Find all the cards!
• Different card decks in three modes

Requires: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7, 256MB RAM, 54MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

Here are some quick links to recent solitaire-related news and information:

Defeat Dark Forces In The Chronicles Of Emerland Solitaire

"The solitaire card game features a storyline involving saving elves, dwarves, mermaids, and humans from invading dark forces. To defeat the dark forces in the battle you will have to visit the Kingdom of the Elves in a vast forest; climb mountains and find the Dwarves' holy place wandering through cave mazes; sink to the ocean depths to protect the Kingdom of the Mermaids from imminent destruction and to save the shrine of the Kingdom of the Humans from ruin." For MacOS. [link]

Solitaire Arena review

"Solitaire Arena is a fun take on traditional Klondike Solitaire. The competitive element gives this normally rather sedate game a feeling of urgency and provides a welcome twist on an old classic. While it's not the most innovative game you'll see on Facebook, it is at least one that a lot of people will be able to pick up and play without having to learn new, complicated sets of rules – anyone who has used Windows has probably played Klondike Solitaire at one point or another." [link]

Police officer caught playing Solitaire on his computer reprimanded

"The Central Michigan University police officer caught playing Solitaire on his computer while on duty has been given a written reprimand. Officer Carl Williams was caught playing the game when a student was nearly hit by a vehicle. 'He was very apologetic, he understands that it was a bad decision and that he shouldn't have been doing it.' [link]

Solitaire Blitz: fishing for chump change, catching chumps

"The rub is that I am supposed to spam my friends, whether they play or not, doing PopCap's marketing work for them – and I don't want to. I hate receiving notification spam, and even though I know that I am quite restrained in my use of social gaming, I feel embarrassed by it. It's begging, isn't it? Did the casual and mid-core industry simply forget we exist, in its bid to jump on the lucrative-looking social and micro-transaction gaming bubble?" [link]

Solitaire In The News is a periodical roundup of news and notes focused on solitaire and patience card games, including solitaire in the news, solitaire game releases, and more from fans of all types of solitaire card games!

To keep up on the latest solitaire news, follow Solitaire Central on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the free RSS feed.

Here are some quick links to recent solitaire-related news and information:

Solitaire Blitz comes to iOS

Solitaire Blitz is now available in the Apple App Store. Discover a whole new world of solitaire in this fast-paced treasure hunt! Match cards quickly to clear the decks in 60 seconds, collect treasures, and compete with friends.
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Games.com calls Solitaire Blitz "the card game for people who hate card games", which is not very nice.

I tried it briefly on Facebook, and found it to be a hyperactive version of Golf Solitaire, which is far from my favorite solitaire game. But my wife is addicted to Solitaire Blitz on Facebook, and the game has over 1 million fans there, so I suppose I'm the outlier here....

Solitaire Is My Game

A New York Times letter says: "Computer solitaire is my game. Yes, it is an addiction but not a waste of time because it's a tranquilizer that is not harmful to my health. At 90, I find it a pleasant way to delay dementia because it stimulates the brain. You compete against yourself and never have to find an opponent of equal or higher level." [link]

Accordion Solitaire for iPad

"Sprightly Software is thrilled to announce the release of Accordion Solitaire 1.0 for iPad, the latest in Sprightly's series of solitaire games for iOS. Players work their way through a 52-card deck by matching cards of the same suit or same number. Cards can be matched if they are beside each other or three cards from each other. The goal of the game is to clear as many cards as possible. Although easy to play, it can be hard to win. Players must use their creativity and planning skills to master this game!" [link]

Solitaire Multipack+ for iOS

Solitaire Multipack+ is a fast-growing solitaire collection for iOS devices (the developer says "We try to add new games every week!"). It provides a number of the most popular Solitaire variations in a single app, including three Spider games, two Klondikes, two Pyramids, one Mahjong solitaire, and one version of Freecell. This universal app works on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch mobile devices. [link]

Solitaire In The News is a periodical roundup of news and notes focused on solitaire and patience card games, including solitaire in the news, solitaire game releases, and more from fans of all types of solitaire card games!

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Here are some quick links to recent solitaire-related news and information:

Montreal councillors caught playing solitaire during citizen Q&A

"QMI Agency caught several city councillors visiting Facebook and playing solitaire in during a citizen Q&A at City Hall, but not one of them apologized after they were busted. 'I do what I want with my laptop. I can still hear what's happening in the chamber. I'm still paying attention.'" [link]

Ed. Note: There's no need to apologize for playing solitaire! ;)

An Intriguing Relationship Between Solitaire and Texas Hold'em

"Starting-hand selection is critical in both solitaire and poker. It is important to give due consideration to your holecards in poker and your initial face-up cards in solitaire. If you do not, and then play hands dealt to you without regard for the relationships among your cards, I can guarantee you will be a loser. Intelligent, well-informed starting-hand selection is essential to being a winner in both games." [link]

Do People Really Want Social Games?

"But do people want social? Do they really? Because then I have to ask why Solitaire is still one of the most popular PC games in the universe, despite its, you know, solitariness." [link]

Solitaire: Me vs. Me

"I learned to play solitaire as a child. Its advantages over other games were obvious, even then. No need to persuade a friend to play or explain the boring rules, no hard feelings when someone won or lost, no lessons required, no costly equipment to badger my parents into buying. I could play whenever and wherever I wanted. All I needed was a deck of cards." [link]

Solitaire Game Releases

• Spider Solitaire, blugri [Windows Phone]
• Seven Seas Solitaire, Big Fish Games [Windows]
• Canfield Solitaire, Sprightly Software [iOS]

Notable Quote

"I know maybe a dozen writers hooked on computer solitaire. It's the ideal writer's game. It even feels a little like writing, only more relaxing."
 ~ Francine Prose

Solitaire In The News is a periodical roundup of news and notes focused on solitaire and patience card games, including solitaire in the news, solitaire game releases, and more from fans of all types of solitaire card games!

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• Unique gameplay
• Incredible locations
• Solve crimes!

Requires: Windows XP/Vista, 256MB RAM, 52MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

Relax with a regal pastime in Royal Challenge Solitaire, an addictive variation of the classic card game. Simply remove all of the cards on the table by clicking on those whose value is one higher or lower than the top card in the open deck. It sounds simple, but how long can you keep the chain going?

• Awesome gameplay
• Incredible achievements
• Take on a Royal Challenge!
• Receive the royal treatment in this addictive game of Solitaire.
• Play 100 unique and stunning levels.
• Remove cards by selecting those one higher or lower than the top card.
• Select from two captivating game modes.

Requires: Windows XP/Vista, 512MB RAM, 33MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

Which brings up the obvious, and very important, question: What will solitaire look like on Windows 8?

Here's a screen shot and description from the Windows Store:

Solitaire is back for Windows 8! The game you've played and loved for years returns to the Windows 8 Beta to challenge you again. Play Solitaire with your touch screen tablet or traditionally with a PC mouse. Featuring play in both full screen and Snapped view. Features Xbox LIVE integration, Play in Regular or Snapped view, Choose from either single or three card draw for a different challenge.

According to softechguru:

Even Microsoft's crusty old version of Solitaire has gotten a Metro-style overhaul for Windows 8. Purists might moan about some of the gameplay changes – points are awarded for all card placement, and you can flip the deck unlimited times – but at least the annoying "ding" sound effect for invalid moves has been toned down.

At ZDNet, James Kendrick writes a bit about what we can expect in the new OS (Metro apps that should be included with Windows 8 at launch):

The launch of the most innovative version of Windows is inching nearer, and as information trickles out speculation is ramping up. The Metro interface is polarizing those who try it, and how well it will be received at launch will rely in large part on what apps are available on day one. Metro apps are brand new to the platform, and having a good selection at launch is crucial.

Solitaire: This one sounds frivolous, but the Solitaire game is a fixture for the Windows platform. An updated version of Solitaire to take advantage of the touch interface in Metro, with updated graphics would make new users feel like they are coming home.

There's currently no word on which solitaire games will be included. Klondike probably for sure. Freecell? Spider?

If you're interested in finding out for yourself, Microsoft has released a Windows 8 Consumer Preview which you can download and install for free.

(I have not checked out the preview. I don't have a spare computer to put it on, and don't want to risk messing up my main PC or laptop.)

If you know any details, please share in the comments!

Solitaire Kingdom is a fresh new way to play your favorite Solitaire game, and it is totally fun and addictive. Other neat Solitaire Kingdom features include: Quick play which lets you play fast with just one click per card, an Award system that rewards you for big plays, and infinite Daily Challenges that keep the fun going, and going, and going. And finally, as a reward for your great playing, you will unlock the the ultimate solitaire challenge: The Dragon Double Deck game awaits!

• Incredible gameplay
• Fantastic action
• A new way to play Solitaire!
• Unlock Kingdom Cards to build your own custom games. Over 16000 combinations!
• Daily challenges of the day, that never run out!
• Make the game as relaxing or challenging as you want.
• The ulimate solitaire challenge: The Dragon Double Deck Solitaire game.
• Beautifully drawn card characters, card backs and top notch game music.
• Win awards and build your own Solitiare Coat Of Arms.

Requires: Windows XP/Vista, 256MB RAM, 68MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

Solitaire Kingdom Quest expands on the hit Solitaire Kingdom Supreme game, and adds 60 levels featuring new powerups and new challenges. There is a huge amount of Solitaire fun packed into this game waiting just for you.

• Make the King proud
• Master the minigames
• Defeat the Gremlins!
• 60 levels of Solitaire fun, each a unique game.
• Evil Knight mini games!
• New powerups like Wolf Pack and Dragon's Hoard.
• Pleasing graphics, sound and music.
• All stats and top scores saved.

Requires: Windows XP/Vista/Win7, 512MB RAM, 94MB Disk Space, DirectX 9.0 or later

• Incredible animations
• Different difficulty levels
• Survive SpiderMania!

Requires: Windows XP/Vista, 512MB RAM, 10MB Disk Space, DirectX 8.1 or later