![]() ![]() And it will automatically stop at any bookmark. Additionally, when I am at move 113 and I decide to go back to move 35 I can click backwards one card at a time or I can click the “speed undo” button and watch my entire game played backwards before my eyes. This spot is a perfect play to put a bookmark. If I don’t get a 10 soon then I should just keep playing. If I do discard it and a 10 comes up in the next few dealt cards then I will need to go back and undo that discard of the Jack. I am at a juncture where I have a choice to make as to whether or not to discard a Jack. I am playing 40 Thieves and have made 35 moves. Bookmarks allow you to “remember” a certain spot in the game. You then can take over from the point of that mistake and replay your game. So, if you play to a point at which you get stuck and thus lose, you can step back through your entire game one card play at a time to see if you made a mistake. As you play each move of a card is considered a turn. With this feature you can instantly see any card that can be put into play.īookmarks and the walkthrough buttons are features which go hand in hand. This is very nice when dealing with large games in which you might miss a potential play. Marked cards are very cool because when this feature is activated a small semi transparent blue square appears over the symbol (in the upper left hand corner) of each card that can be played. This is due to the fact that it would pick up the first King of Hearts and discard it while the better move might be to wait for the second King or not to play it at all, follow me? But, on the whole, this feature can radically speed up your games allowing you to get another 3 or 4 rounds in before you lunch break is over. Now, sometimes this feature can get in your way and sometimes it makes a legal move but not the “best” move for your game. So, if you are playing a game and you need a King of Hearts to place on the discard pile (and assuming you have this feature clicked on) then as soon as a King of Hearts come up in the draw pile it will automatically be discarded. Smart cards, this is a feature that automatically moves a card to the discard pile if it can moved there. Second, and most important, are the smart cards, marked cards, bookmarks and walk through features. These details include how to play, a short history of the game, variations, aliases and what category it would fall in. Now that I have given you a taste of some of the games let me explain why playing is such a joy.įirst, there is the massive help section which gives extensive details of each game. It is a wonderful game that is quite amusing to try your hand at. So, if you were good enough to remove more than 85% of the cards you would make money, otherwise you would loose some money depending on how good you were. You “buy” the deck from the dealer and every card you are successfully able to remove from play he would pay you a certain amount. The object was to get rid of as many cards as you can. One such example is La Belle Lucie, an old gambling game that could be found in many river boat casinos. Many of the card games listed come from different countries or time periods and thus might not be very familiar. I have been playing this for almost a year and still haven’t tried out all of the games. But quite a few are completely different and sometimes quite obscure. ![]() Some are offshoots of Klondike and other favorites where the main change is fewer cards or more relaxed rules. Some are very easy to play and can be picked up in a few seconds, like Pyramid, while others have a steep learning curve and can take an hour to play, such as 40 Thieves (a personal favorite).Īdditionally the games are quite varied as well. There are currently 90 different versions of solitaire that you can choose from, ranging from the commonplace like Klondike, FreeCell and Spider to the exotic like Indian, King Albert and Miniature Golf. The best aspect of this product is its wide selection of games. So, here is my review of the wonderful card game, Solitaire Till Dawn X. To that end I am going to recommend a nifty piece of software that has helped relieve quite a bit of my work related stress. What with today being MondayI thought we could all do with something to relax us. ![]()
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