diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2cf08f30..87cb0b05 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ or Google Drive).
 
 # The Release Process
 
+Before publishing a release, please open an issue in GitHub, indicating your intent to do so, to confirm with any other developers if they have any objections, or any WIP features/tickets that should be included in the upcoming release.  It's best to do this a week or two before you plan to actually publish the release.  No responses on this for a couple weeks can be considered approval to proceed.  Releases tagged without verifying with other developers may be removed.
+
 In order to publish a new version, follow these steps:
 
 1. Update `NEWS.asciidoc`.  The release notes should also be added to `html-src/news.html`, along with `templates/index.html` in the website repo.
diff --git a/NEWS.asciidoc b/NEWS.asciidoc
index 7e3d51f3..ae3c599e 100644
--- a/NEWS.asciidoc
+++ b/NEWS.asciidoc
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 [[news]]
 === News
+* _31 March, 2024:_ There is a new stable release
+https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-3.0.0/[PySolFC
+v3.0.0] - the biggest release in over 15 years. Additionally, there is a new Cardsets release
+https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-3.0/[PySolFC-Cardsets v.3.0]. New in this release:
+** 120 new games.
+** Support for several new types of games/decks, including tile puzzles, Ishido-type tile matching games, joker deck games, and more.
+** New game and cardset categories.
+** Ability to change the style of virtually any of the graphics in PySol.
+** Some UI/Quality of Life improvements.
+** Bugfixes.
 * _10 July, 2023:_ There is a new beta release
 https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.21.0/[PySolFC
 v2.21.0]. New in this release:
diff --git a/appdata.xml b/appdata.xml
index 550d2357..ac5ee538 100644
--- a/appdata.xml
+++ b/appdata.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <name>PySolFC</name>
   <summary>Solitaire game compilation</summary>
   <description>
-    <p>A collection of more than 1000 Solitaire games, using various deck types
+    <p>A collection of more than 1200 Solitaire games, using various deck types
       including international standard, hex-a-deck, mahjongg, and hanafuda.</p>
   </description>
   <launchable type="desktop-id">pysol.desktop</launchable>
diff --git a/buildozer/pubspec.json b/buildozer/pubspec.json
index dbb775b7..3ea821ec 100644
--- a/buildozer/pubspec.json
+++ b/buildozer/pubspec.json
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
       "type": "SINGLE",
       "filters": [],
       "attributes": [],
-      "versionCode": 102122400,
-      "versionName": "2.24.0",
+      "versionCode": 102130000,
+      "versionName": "3.0.0",
       "outputFile": "pysolfc-release.apk"
     }
   ],
diff --git a/docs/pysolfc.6 b/docs/pysolfc.6
index 3f3fb9dd..f050bb06 100644
--- a/docs/pysolfc.6
+++ b/docs/pysolfc.6
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 .IX Title "PYSOLFC 6"
 .TH PYSOLFC 6 "Mar 2009" "Version 3.0" "PySolFC team"
 .SH "NAME"
-PySolFC \- a collection of more than 1000 solitaire games
+PySolFC \- a collection of more than 1200 solitaire games
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
 \&\fBpysol.py\fR [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
-\&\fBPySolFC\fR is a collection of more than 1000 solitaire card games.
+\&\fBPySolFC\fR is a collection of more than 1200 solitaire card games.
 It stands for PySol Fan Club Edition, as it is a fork of
 (the now unmaintained) PySol Solitaire.
 .PP
diff --git a/html-src/news.html b/html-src/news.html
index ef33bbcb..0d701907 100644
--- a/html-src/news.html
+++ b/html-src/news.html
@@ -1,6 +1,45 @@
 <h1>What's New?</h1>
 <ul>
 <li>
+<p><em>31 March, 2024:</em> There is a new stable release
+<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-3.0.0/">PySolFC
+v3.0.0</a> - the biggest release in over 15 years. Additionally, there is a new Cardsets release
+<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC-Cardsets/PySolFC-Cardsets-3.0/">PySolFC-Cardsets v.3.0</a>.
+New in this release:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>
+120 new games.
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+Support for several new types of games/decks, including tile puzzles, Ishido-type tile matching games, joker deck games, and more.
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+New game and cardset categories.
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+Ability to change the style of virtually any of the graphics in PySol.
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+Some UI/Quality of Life improvements.
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+Bugfixes.
+</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>
 <p><em>10 July, 2023:</em> There is a new beta release
 <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pysolfc/files/PySolFC/PySolFC-2.21.0/">PySolFC
 v2.21.0</a>. New in this release:</p>
diff --git a/pysollib/gamedb.py b/pysollib/gamedb.py
index 7ca0b164..7db70cb3 100644
--- a/pysollib/gamedb.py
+++ b/pysollib/gamedb.py
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ class GI:
         ('fc-2.20', tuple(range(855, 897))),
         ('fc-2.21', tuple(range(897, 900)) + tuple(range(11014, 11017)) +
          tuple(range(13160, 13163)) + (16682,)),
-        ('dev', tuple(range(906, 961)) + tuple(range(5415, 5419)) +
+        ('fc-3.0', tuple(range(906, 961)) + tuple(range(5415, 5419)) +
          tuple(range(5600, 5624)) + tuple(range(11017, 11020)) +
          tuple(range(13168, 13170)) + tuple(range(18000, 18005)) +
          tuple(range(19000, 19012)) + tuple(range(22303, 22311)) +
diff --git a/pysollib/settings.py b/pysollib/settings.py
index a4628c56..2dd916da 100644
--- a/pysollib/settings.py
+++ b/pysollib/settings.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PACKAGE = 'PySolFC'
 TITLE = 'PySol'
 PACKAGE_URL = 'http://pysolfc.sourceforge.io/'
 
-VERSION_TUPLE = (2, 21, 0)
+VERSION_TUPLE = (3, 0, 0)
 VERSION = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION_TUPLE))
 
 # Tk windowing system (auto set up in init.py)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2cd26a99..72354879 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if os.name == 'posix':
 # import sys; sys.exit()
 
 long_description = '''\
-PySolFC is a collection of more than 1000 solitaire card games.
+PySolFC is a collection of more than 1200 solitaire card games.
 Its features include modern look and feel (uses Tile widget set), multiple
 cardsets and tableau backgrounds, sound, unlimited undo, player statistics,
 a hint system, demo games, a solitaire wizard, support for user written