## Description

TreeCardGames have been releasing shareware solitaire games for many years,
their 123 Free Solitaire was often tweaked and re-issued to promote the latest
version of their full commercial game _SolSuite_. It seemed as though each
year a new version of _SolSuite_ was produced and sold with a different name,
at the time of this submission SolSuite 2019 v19.1 is available for download
with over 700 games.

_SolSuite 2004_ has many features including Sound; Window & Full Screen
modes; Rules, Game Tutor and Win/Lose Statistics for each game; Players can
mark preferred games as favourites; A ‘Tip of the Day’ feature; Multiplayer
modes; Undo/Redo/Restart/Save/Load functions; etc. The look and feel of the
game can be customised, there are options to alter the size of te buttons;
toggle pop up menus; change card backs and faces; change the background;
toggle shadows & animation, and customise the sounds.
In addition to playing single games _SolSuite 2004_ comes with nine ‘Game
Series’ plus the option to create new ones. These are a bit like playing a
solitaire pentathlon, or longer, in which the player’s score is accumulated
over a collection of games.

The game documentation states that there are three hundred and ninety games in
_SolSuite 2004_. The games are grouped by type such as; Adding games; Baker’s
Dozen type games; FreeCell type games e.t.c. which allows players to quickly
find games they like and others which are similar in nature, there’s also a
‘Fast Find’ which lists all the games alphabetically. In addition to the
grouping the games by type there are also options to select by;

* Game Time: Quick (less than five minutes), Medium (five to ten minutes), Long (More than ten minutes)
* Difficulty: Easy, medium & Hard
* Skill level: Chance only – winning depends on the order the cards are dealt, Mostly Chance – occasional choice of moves will affect the outcome, Moderate – a roughly equal balance of skill and luck is needed to win, Mostly Skill – Forward planning is required but luck will still affect the outcome, Difficult – Success depends on forward planning, perseverance and luck plays only a small part
* Chance of Success: Very Low (1:50 – 1:250), Low (1:10 – 1:49), Medium (1:5 – 1:9), High (1:3 – 1:4) & Very High (9:10 – 1:2)

New features for _SolSuiite 2004_ are;

* Six new games: Argos, Goldfield, Knight Catch All, Marsha, Peg Star Solitaire and Three Hills
* Skins: Three skins are included with the game – Golf, Sand and Sky
* Total Moves: A new statistic counts _ALL_ moves made during a game
The documentation which lists the new features of _SolSuite 2004_ states that
another of TreeCardGames’ products _SolSuite Plus! 4.0_ contains more skins
and is ” _freely downloadable for all customers purchasing SolSuite 2004_.

SolSuite 2004