January 1st, 2009 - Mystic Island, the pioneer in online competitive and social card gaming, is proud to announce the release of the new lobby just in time for 2009! This new release adds many new features to our lobbies including emoticons, easier methods to find games, new tournament director features, improvements to Wilson Trivia, Vista compatibility fixes, new customized icons, and the introduction of an experience point system that rewards players based on their number of completed games.

In addition, full support is now offered for SuperSpades™, Duplicate Spades™, Duplicate Hearts, Duplicate Pinochle and Duplicate Parrot. Live real-time scoreboards let you evaluate the hands as they happen and compare your play style with others in the tournament. Are you a Rook player looking for a place to play online? Be sure to check out Parrot, offered here at Mystic Island.