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Sunday, March 04, 2007

Kitty Solitaire - Upcoming Games Part II

Heya spanglers. If you'd like to see your favorite game in Kitty Spangles Solitaire, just drop us a line.

Some games coming in the 3.1 update:

Golf

A very popular request. After playing testing it for a while, we can see why: you end up in an addicted, drooly-mouthed trance. The kind of fun normally enjoyed by Robert Downey Jr, but without the mug-shots and imaginary bats.

Golf is quick, has a low win rate, and is unusual for a number of reasons: like its namesake, the lowest score is best, and the goal of the game is to put all of the cards into a single pile. Many players prefer an easier variant, allowing you to "turn the corner" by putting Aces on Kings, and vice versa:

Golf - Aces & Kings. Click for bigger pic.


Montana (aka Gaps, or Spaces)

Another much requested game, and a fun one. The goal is to form 4 suited rows, in order from 2 to King. To do this, cards are moved around through the use of the gaps, not unlike a sliding tile puzzle. Games are quite lengthy, the usual solitaire strategies are twisted around, and wins are rewarding.

Montana


Beleaguered Castle

This one was a surprise. I'd started thinking I had most solitaires all figured out, then one comes along that pushes and prods some dormant brain cells:

Beleaguered Castle.



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5 Comments:

  • I'm holding out for Kitty Spangles Cribbage... not necessarily as an add-on to Solitaire... but it would nice to have somebody to play Crib with while I am on the road, even if I have to buy a new app.

    By Blogger Dave2, At 1:44 AM  

  • I'm thinking games Hearts and Cribbage would be another app altogether, mostly due to the multiplayer aspect. If we did this, it'd be some ways off, as we've got a couple of other projects to get out first, the first of which starts with s and ends with udoku.

    Oh, and Kitty sends commiserations on the loss of Elizabeth to that rich, good-looking cad. Wouldn't worry though, you can do better than that hussy.

    By Blogger David, At 7:39 AM  

  • The only game to add that I can think of (other than Golf and Pyramid) is Accordion, which I used to play in Solitaire Till Dawn. Accordion is an odd one, and due to how the cards automatically move, I don't know how easy it would be to add it.
    P.S. Thanks Swoop and MacZot, KSS is awesome! :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At 9:44 PM  

  • My favorite solitaire game is Oonsoo. It's the only solitaire game for the beautiful Japanese hanafuda cards (although it was developed in Korea).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda

    Hanafuda decks have 12 suites of four cards each, so they are almost a perfect pivot of Western card decks.

    Nintendo was founded in the late 19th century to make hanafuda cards, and they are still the major manufacturer of them in Japan.

    http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n09/hana-kabu_items/index.html

    There are a couple of computer versions of Oonsoo, but no online version. Here's an online version of a popular 2-person hanafuda game called Koi-Koi

    http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/hanafuda/hanafuda.html

    The talented Swoop illustrator could have a field day doing a pack of Kitty themed hanafuda cards!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At 1:08 AM  

  • Thanks for the suggestion of Oonsoo, Anon! We'll check it out, and see if we can add it to the Kitty Collection!

    By Blogger David, At 11:42 AM  

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