SolMan Solitare is a free app containing the free collection of Solitaire/Patience games by Tim Mangan. With 124 different games, there are surely games for every card buff. Whether you like the old classics, new classics, or something that you've never played before you will find it here.
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The Games In addition to the classics, you will find many games unique to SolMan. Many are harder extensions to the originals that you also find in this collection. The Arachnoids, for example, are a collection of games created to combine the strictness of Napoleon games with the randomness of a Spider. The result is one of the best game experiences for a seasoned player, but be warned. Novices that have not mastered the techniques to work out the classic games will have a very hard time at it. Cousins are the newest family we have added to the collection, where you play not by alternating color or following suit, but alternating suit within a color. |
The History SolMan started as a computer Solitaire collection over 40 years ago as a way to learn C programming in DOS. Since then, game designer Tim Mangan has evolved what Solitaire can be when freed from the limitations of having to manually shuffle and arrange cards.. Add in the beauty of graphics and a touch of gamification, and you get a compelling way to spend a little pleasurable time. One interesting side-effect of computerizing games is that some games, like Crazy Quilt, that had previously seemed nearly impossible to win out prove out to be winnable a reasonable amount of time. This had led to the development of games using more decks of cards, and in more patterns of play. Over time, Tim has learned how to tune games by modifying rules to change attributes like difficulty, risk, and planning. |
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The SolMan Collection is available now via this link for FREE from the Microsoft Store. You'll need Windows 10. for version 5, Windows 11 for version 6 and above. The games are very touch friendly, and the backgrounds rich and diverse. If you are connected to the internet, you can enable stunning backgrounds from sources like Bing Picture of the Day, NASA Picture of the Day, National Geographic, and Unsplash, but if not you can enable our own photography backgrounds. Hint, right click on the background image for information on what/where the photo is. Hover over the attestation for more detail about the picture, or click to change backgrounds. Note: Version 6 of Solman is a rewrite in modern versions of DotNet and now in the Windows Store for free. You may need to install additional requirements: Version 6.0 (only) requires DotNet8 - download from Microsoft here: Dot-Net-8 (solmansolitaire.com) Version 6.1 and above requires DotNet9 - download from Microsoft here: Dot-Net-9 (solmansolitaire.com) |
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