Still the Champ

STD has been the best solitaire suite out there for years, and I’m delighted to see that it’s finally available for Mavericks and Yosemite, sleeker and more beautiful than ever. In rewriting it for the Intel-based Macs, Rick Holzgrafe took the opportunity to make an excellent product even better. STD still has a mind-boggling array of games, from the familiar to the unknown, from the most mindless (Aces High) to the most challenging (Calculation and Spider, of the ones that I know). The user interface, always smooth as cream, is even more streamlined. I think. Truth to tell, I don’t remember many details of the old versions, but this one seems at once familiar and different in the best possible way—a hallmark of thoughtful design. And some favorite features are still there: snapshots that let you return easily to previous positions, highlighting of playable cards (for absent-minded geezers like me), easy switching between games, and engaging explanations of the rules for all 100 games. Solitaire Tilll Dawn. It may be the most appropriate name in computer games. I guarantee you’ll be hooked.

ex-Madrileño about Solitaire Till Dawn