Solitaire Magic by 7 Dragons is now available in the Android App Store for Kindle Fire devices. Please Note: We are the developers of this app. Solitaire Magic provides countless hours of fun for the low introductory price of just $1.00. This app is suitable for all ages.
What do you get for your $1.00? You get three solitaire games in one simple app, plus a bonus game to extend your gaming fun. Choose from Solitaire, Mahjong Solitaire, and Spider Solitaire.
Each game has both detailed Help files as well as “How to Play” sections. Collects Stats & Trophies for game play. Enjoy the optional background music and game sounds or turn them off in Settings.
Solitaire
Solitaire is also commonly known as Klondike or Canfield.
Features in Solitaire include:
- Draw 3 and Draw 1 modes
- 11 backgrounds
- 13 deck backs
- 6 deck fronts including 2 large font decks for easy viewing
- Scoring, Timer, Undo, Restart, New Game, Hints
- Extensive “How to Play” and Help files to make it easy to learn to play Solitaire if you are new to the game.
Initial Layout:
A single deck of cards is shuffled and dealt in seven columns to form the tableau. From left to right, one card is placed face up in the leftmost column, then six cards face down in each column to the right. Another card is placed face up on the leftmost column with a card face down and then remaining columns have a card dealt face down on them. This continues until the final column has a card dealt face up.
The remaining cards are placed in a stock pile in the upper right-hand corner.
Object of the Game:
The object of the game is to move the four aces to the foundation piles at the left of the game board and build up each suit from ace to king. Once all four foundation piles are complete, the game is won.
Game Play:
The tableau piles are built down in alternating colors (black can be placed on red and red on black). An empty tableau pile can be filled with a King or with a pile of cards starting with a King. To move the cards, drag a card (or pile of cards) from one pile to the desired pile. Double tap on any qualifying card to move it to a foundation pile.
Cards dealt from the stock pile can be used to fill in spots in the tableau piles or in the foundation piles.
As an added method for ease in completing a game, once all cards are face up (no face down cards in the tableau or cards remaining in the deck) and in tableau piles or foundation piles the game will auto complete for you and move the remaining cards to their foundation piles.
Time: Tracks the time in play for the current game.
Score: Your score for the current game.
10 points are awarded for moving a card to a foundation pile.
5 points are awarded for moving a card from the deck to a tableau pile.
5 points are awarded for turning over a card in a tableau pile.
15 points are deducted for moving a card from a foundation pile back to a tableau pile.
2 points are deducted for every 10 seconds of play.
In the Draw Three option, 20 points are deducted each time you go through the deck after the third time.
In the Draw One option, 100 points are deducted each time you go through the deck after the first time.
Mahjong Solitaire
Mahjong Solitaire is a traditional tile matching game.
Features in Mahjong Solitaire include:
- 3 Difficulty Levels - Easy, Medium and Hard
- 19 layouts to choose from13 deck backs including a custom spider deck back
- 3 tile designs including Traditional, Flower, and Fishes
- 3 tile colors to choose from
- Scoring, Timer, # of Available Matches, Undo, Restart, New Game, Hints, Show Available Tiles
- Extensive “How to Play” and Help files to make it easy to learn to play Mahjong Solitaire if you are new to the game.
Selecting a Layout:
Nineteen different layouts are available to choose from. Layouts are divided between Easy, Medium and Hard options. Tap on the image above the desired layout name. The selected puzzle will be indicated by a Buddha image. Upon successful completion of a puzzle, the image will change to a pagoda view.
Initial Layout:
Tiles are randomly arranged face-up in the selected layout with some tiles covered by others. Tiles are available for play when they are “free”. A free tile is a tile that has no other tiles on top of it and can be slid out to either the left or the right.
Object of the Game:
The object of the game is to match pairs of free tiles until the board is cleared. In the traditional design, cards with pipes, buttons and numbers on them will match with an identical tile. In the fishes and flower design, cards not designated as Season or Flower tiles will also match an identical tile. Season tiles can match other season tiles and are indicated with a sun in the upper right hand corner. Flower tiles can match other flower tiles and are indicated by a leaf or flower in the upper right hand corner.
Game Play:
Tap on a free tile and then tap on a matching free tile to create a match and remove the tiles from the board. The tiles must be the same or the match will not occur. Because there are multiple items of each image (traditionally four of each tile), matching the wrong pair may result in the board getting blocked. The current number of Matches available is shown in the Matches window.
Note – Flower tiles match other Flower tiles regardless of the image on the tile. Season tiles match other Season tiles regardless of the image on the tile.
- Traditional Tile Set: Flower tiles are indicated by a pink tulip in the upper right-hand corner. Season tiles are indicated by a sun in the upper right-hand corner.
- Flower Tile Set: Flower tiles are indicated by an orange flower in the upper right-hand corner. Season tiles are indicated by a snowflake in the upper right-hand corner.
- Fishes Tile Set: Flower tiles are indicated by a pink pearl in the upper right-hand corner. Season tiles are indicated by a starfish in the upper right-hand corner.
Different strategies may be employed depending upon your favorite method of game play, but typically users remove the topmost tile in a stack and outer tiles in order to free up more tiles as the game progresses.
The game is won when all matching tiles are successfully removed from the grid. The game is over when there are no more free tiles that can be matched successfully.
Upon successfully clearing the board, you will be automatically moved to the next layout. To select a different layout, do so by choosing Menu and then Layout.
Time: Tracks the time in play for the current game.
Score: Your score for the current game.
Spider Solitaire
Spider Solitaire is a version of Solitaire that involves a bit of luck and planning.
Features in Spider Solitaire include:
- 3 Difficulties – Easy (1 suit), Medium (2 suits) and Hard (4 suits)
- 10 backgrounds including custom designed spider backgrounds
- 13 deck backs including a custom spider deck back
- 8 deck fronts including 2 spider themed deck fronts
- Scoring, Timer, Undo, Restart, New Game, Hints
- Extensive “How to Play” and Help files to make it easy to learn to play Spider Solitaire if you are new to the game.
Initial Layout:
Two decks of cards are shuffled and dealt in ten piles to form the tableau. From left to right, the first four piles contain six cards each and the last six piles contain five cards each. The top card in each pile is dealt face up; the remaining cards in each pile are dealt face down.
The remaining cards are placed in a stock pile in the lower right-hand corner.
Object of the Game:
The object of the game is to form eight sets of cards of the same suit descending from King to Ace within a column. Once all eight sets of cards are complete, the game is won.
Game Play:
The columns are built down in any suit. An empty column can be filled with any card or a moveable sequence of cards. A moveable sequence of cards consists of cards of the same suit in descending sequence (such as 5, 4, 3, 2 of spades). To move the cards, drag a card (or pile of cards) from one pile to the desired pile. When a set of cards of the same suit from King to Ace is complete it is automatically removed to the lower left-hand corner.
The columns can be built down in one or more suits. (If you are playing on the Easy difficulty, there is only one suit available). You can move one card or a moveable sequence of cards from one pile to another. A moveable sequence of cards consists of cards of the same suit in descending sequence (such as 8, 7, 6 of diamonds). When all face up cards in a column are removed, the next face down card will be turned face up.
Once a pile is emptied, it is eligible to have other cards moved onto it. Any card (or a moveable sequence of cards) can be moved to an empty tableau pile. Use empty tableau piles as a method of helping shift cards.
Clicking on the stock pile deals one card face up on the end of each column. All columns must contain a card before more cards can be dealt from the stock.
The game is incrementally more difficult as you shift from one suit, to two suits, to four suits. We recommend you learn the game on Easy difficulty and work your way up to the hardest difficulty.
Time: Tracks the time in play for the current game.
Score: Your score for the current game.
500 points are awarded initially.
1 point is deducted for moving a card or set of cards from one pile to another.
100 points are awarded for completing a set of cards of the same suit from King to Ace and removing them from game play.
Stats & Trophies
The Stats & Trophies button from the Solitaire Magic main screen allows you to view your High Scores, Best Times and Games Won for all the included games.
The Trophies button will show you the trophies that have been won for completing various tasks:
Trophies are awarded in Solitaire for winning a Draw 1 game, winning a Draw 3 game, and getting a base score greater than 650. Trophies are awarded in Mahjong Solitaire for winning any 5 different levels, winning any 10 different levels and winning any 15 different levels. Trophies are awarded in Spider Solitaire for winning a game on Easy difficulty, winning a game on Medium difficulty and winning a game on Hard difficulty.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for Solitaire Magic, please leave a comment on this post or contact us via email at booksummit@ymail.com.
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