If you like MahJongg and solitaire card style games then you would be happy to learn that two games were recently released, one is free as a beer, other cost $10.
Those games are made by the indie company named Lost Luggage Studios.
Catalyst Deluxe
(free as beer)
Catalyst Deluxe is an engaging solitaire card game based on the 10-20-30 game. The game consists of matching sets of three cards whose face values total 10, 20, or 30 points. For instance, a 4, a 6, and a 10 would total 20 points and could be removed. With the Ace worth one point, and all face cards worth ten points each, this is a great game for all ages to build your math skills and exercise your mind. Veteran solitaire card game players looking for a new challenge… this is it! Catalyst Deluxe is an easy game to learn, but it is not an easy game to win. With all these features, one thing is definitely certain: Catalyst Deluxe will be the most engrossing solitaire card game you will ever play.
Features:
- Two rule sets — Classic 10-20-30 rules plus our alternate Catalyst rules. Choose to play with or without jokers.
- Six sets of card graphics
- High score tracking and win/loss statistics
- 15 original backgrounds
- 21 card backs
- Features original music by Bill Bois
- Built To Be Casual — you can quit at any time and Catalyst Deluxe will save your progress automatically
- Multiple screen resolutions — runs in 800×600 for compatibility with older machines, up to 1920×1200 for higher end machines
Anirah: Riddle of the Pharaohs
(costs $10)
Anirah is an ancient Egyptian-themed tile matching game similar in some ways to the game MahJongg. This is not a typical Match-3 type of game, however. In Anirah, you are given a target number and then can match as many tiles as it takes to total up to that number. Tiles can be selected if they can slide off the board – straight up, down, left, or right. You could make a match with three tiles, or ten tiles, or even just one tile. The goal is to clear the board and proceed to the next round. How many rounds can you survive?
Features:
- 4 Gameplay Modes — including timed modes and Dice Modes that generate new target numbers after every match
- 3 Difficulty Settings
- 7 Sets of Tile Graphics
- Geek Mode — the not-very-secret secret mode that really twists your mind (choose binary or new hexadecimal!)
- Ridiculous Mode — which doesn’t number the tiles for an extra challenge (Only works on some graphic sets. I could have enabled it for all of them, but Stone? Papyrus? Come on, those would have been impossible!)
- Built To Be Casual — you can quit at any time and Anirah will save your progress automatically
- Multiple Screen Resolutions — runs in 800×600 for compatibility with older machines, up to 1920×1200 for higher end machines
Screenshots
Catalyst Deluxe Video
Anirah Video
Apart from those games Lost Luggage Studios also made a Doom Mod called Luggage DOOM which is free.
Also Lost Luggage Studios develops non game, useful utilities which are free as beer.