http://live.pirillo.com/ – The default Windows solitaire game sucks. That’s probably why people refuse to play solitaire on the computer. But, there are a few options you can try to spice up your solitaire games.

Hardwood Solitaire ($19.95) is "the most beautiful solitaire game you have ever seen."

Stop playing boring solitaire, and jump in to the wonderful world of Hardwood Solitaire. Packed to the gills with unmatched beauty, this game will pull you in and let you escape the daily grind. More than 100 exciting solitaire games to play. Enjoy favorites like, Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, Yukon and a whole lot more including original solitaire games you won’t find anywhere else!

PySol, while not a beautiful as Hardwood Solitaire, had more variations of solitaire and is totally free.

PySolitaire is a fork of PySol Solitaire that runs correctly on Windows and has a nice clean installer. PySolitaire (Python Solitaire) is a collection of more than 300 solitaire and Mahjongg games. The origional PySol was written by Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer.

Do you play solitaire? If so, what version?

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