# Introduction

"Why yet another solitaire game ?" you may ask. The answer is simple...

### PySol highlights

- currently supports more than 1000 distinct solitaire games
- based upon an extensible solitaire engine
- lots of classic games like Forty Thieves, FreeCell, Klondike and Spider
- special games like Ganjifa, Hanafuda, Poker and Tarock type games
- modern look and feel
- multiple cardsets and backgrounds
- background table tiles
- unlimited undo & redo
- persistent bookmarks
- load & save games
- player statistics
- a hint system
- demo games
- a solitaire wizard
- support for user written plug-ins
- sound samples and background music
- integrated HTML help browser
- lots of documentation
- portable across Unix/X11, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP and Mac OSX
- written in 100% pure Python
- distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- Commercial Quality Freeware

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