Bug #49923 is a duplicate of this bug. As someone mentioned there.. If you pass --variation freecell or some other game to /usr/game/sol you can change games properly.
** Bug 49923 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- Aisleriot solitare crashes when choosing new game from Select Game https://launchpad.net/bugs/50173 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs