I have bought and (extensively) use Solavant for almost a week now. I am more than impressed. I installed it on all my 3 macs and my first task every morning is an hour of solitairing with a warm cup of coffee! What was a weak area for mac solitaire games is now a thing of the past: Graphics. The game is absolutely gorgeous in a minimal mac way. I have tried almost all of the solitaire games for mac and they all had one thing in common: They were just ugly in a Windows 98 kind of way ;) No more, my friends! This is what solitaire for mac should look like. Pure Mac OS X Aqua goodness!

More than that, you get a huge selection of games (137 to be exact!), all with extensive documentation, set of rules and a wealth of statistics (winning streaks, games won, time, score etc).

While the developer advertises this set of card games as hard, they are not so hard to disappoint you. The more appropriate word would be: challenging (and therefore more worthy of your time). The developer is also the maker of Solebon and SolFree set of card games, wildly popular on Palm OS devices.

This download provides a demo of completely playable, with no limits whatsoever, of 100 deals! More than adequate to evaluate the game's worth.

If you, like me, are a solitaire junkie and "software design" conscious, Solavant will be your Solitaire Nirvana! I know mine is!