Pyramid is an implementation of Pyramid Solitare by Seahorse Software. Pyramid is played by removing pairs of cards from a pyramid structure whose value totals 13. Numbered cards are worth their face value, Aces are worth 1, Jacks worth 11, and Queens worth 12. Kings are worth 13 and do not need a second card to be removed. Only uncovered cards and cards from the draw pile can be played. This implementation offers 4 levels of difficulty. Level 1 cycles through the deck twice and requires you to clear the pyramid but not the draw pile. Level 2 also cycles through the deck twice but it requires you to clear both the pyramid and the draw pile. Level 3 cycles through the deck once and requires you to clear the pyramid but not the draw pile. Level 4 also cycles through the deck once but it requires you to clear both the pyramid and the draw pile. Pyramid maintains separate high scores and statistics for each level. Also, Seahorse Software maintains a high score page, enabling you to see how you stack up against Pyramid players worldwide.
TenPin Solitaire by Paul Margrave is based on bowling. The game consists of ten frames with two rolls per frame, three if needed in the tenth frame. Ten cards are dealt in the normal pin positions in each frame and a playing field of 3 card piles is layed out when you roll the first ball. You remove pins by adding adjacent cards' values together and matching this to a card in the playing field. Only the value of the ones digit matters, so 7 and 9 cards would be matched by a 6. When no more cards can be played, the second ball can be rolled, discarding the top cards in the playing area and turning over the next card in each pile. The game is scored according to the rules of bowling. You get a strike for removing all pins with the first ball and a spare for removing them in two rolls.
Patience by Keith Packard is a suite of 13 solitaire games including Aces High, Calculation, Canfield, Eight Off, Golf, Klondike, Montana, Spider, Spiderette, Tabby Cat, Towers, Yukon, and Vegas. A few of the games are a little hard to play. For example, this Montana implementation uses a text representation of the cards I find irritating. I much prefer the shareware Montana implementation. But most of the games have a nice interface. Patience offers auto play, left handed layouts, and rules sheets for each game.
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