Microsoft Solitaire already exists for more than 30 years, but the first version of Microsoft Solitaire Collection was released on October 26, 2012. Microsoft Solitaire Collection is published by Xbox Game Studios and produced by Paul Jensen, Derek Dutilly and Tristan Hall. Microsoft Solitaire Collection is developed by Microsoft Casual Games, Smoking Gun Interactive, Next Level Games and Arkadium. Switching theme can be done from the Microsoft Solitaire Collection start screen.

The currently available themes are Classic (simple and clean cards), Aquarium, Fable, Western, Beach, Autumn, and Jumbo (larger cards). You can customise the look and feel of the Microsoft Solitaire Collection by picking your favourite theme. Next to challenge packs linked to a specific game, there are also mixed collections which have challenges featuring all five games. You will earn stars by completing challenges, which you will need to unlock all challenges. The challenges are arranged by game and in packs. When completing a certain number of challenges in a month, you will receive badges! Star Club For each completed challenge you will earn coins. Each challenge has an associated difficulty (Easy, Medium or Hard). clear two boards in 1 deal), or Solve Challenge (e.g. Earn a score of 750), Board Challenge (e.g. play two Sevens to the foundation), Score Challenge (e.g. The type of challenges are Card Challenge (e.g. These challenges are guaranteed to be solvable, and often consist of completing a game partly. Daily ChallengesĮach day, there is a new challenge for each of the five games. This is especially useful in games such as 4 Suits Spider Solitaire, which are already quite difficult when playing in easier modes. In Microsoft Solitaire Collection players can choose the difficulty of their games. Pairs will be removed from the board, and it is your challenge to remove all cards in the pyramid from the board. Pyramid: Microsoft Pyramid Solitaire has you combining cards into pairs which sum up to 13.The name comes from the layout in which the cards are dealt. TriPeaks: In Microsoft TriPeaks you need to make sequences of cards that are one higher or lower in rank.FreeCell: Microsoft FreeCell has all cards visible from the start and hence requires more skill than luck.If you are new to the game, start with the 1 suit version, or otherwise pick the 2 suits or 4 suits version. Spider: Microsoft Spider Solitaire is a more challenging game played with 104 cards (two decks) which takes longer to complete.For scoring, the game features the Vegas scoring system in addition to the traditional scoring. Microsoft Solitaire Collection gives the option to play with drawing 1 card at a time or drawing 3 cards at a time. Klondike: Microsoft Klondike Solitaire is the classic solitaire game often just referred to as solitaire.Microsoft Solitaire Collection (also known as MSN Solitaire Collection) features the five most popular solitaire games: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid and TriPeaks. Microsoft Solitaire already exists for more than 30 years, and is now also available on Solitaire Paradise!įull of additional features such as Daily Challenges and the Star Club, it is guaranteed to bring you hours of solitaire fun.

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