**Pitty Pat**

                                    **by**

                               **Arthur Crump**

 **Table of Contents**
 **=================**
        1. Getting Started
                a. How to Play Pitty Pat
                b. Requirements
                c. Installation & Setup
                d. Starting Pitty Pat
        2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
        3. How to Contact Us

 **1. Getting Started**
 **==================**

 **a. How to Play Pitty Pat**
 **------------------------**

        There are many variations of the game of Pitty Pat,
        this is one variation.

        The game begins with each player being dealt
        5 cards. The rest of the card deck is placed
        in the center of the screen with one additional
        card dealt face up in a seperate heap deck.

        The goal of Pitty Pat is to be the first to discard
        all of the cards in your hand. You accomplish this
        by matching the cards in your hand with the top
        card of the heap.

        When its your turn, if you have a card in your
        hand that matches the top card of the heap, you
        can discard that card and a second card. The
        second card will then become the new top card of
        the heap deck.

        If, however, you do not have a card in your hand
        that matches the heap card, you will need to
        click on the 'deck' to choose a card from it.
        The deck card now becomes the top heap card.
        If you have a card that matches this card, you can
        discard that card plus a second card. If you do not
        have a matching card, click on the 'Pass' button and
        the next player will take their turn.

        Players with two matching cards in their hand, for
        example - two Aces, or two Kings, automatically win
        after they discard all non-matching cards in their
        hand.

        Pitty Pat is a betting game in which each player
        starts with a certain dollar amount of betting
        money. At the left corner of the screen, the
        amount of the bet for each game is displayed. This
        value can be increased or decreased as the game
        progresses.

        The game is over when one or more player runs out
        of money, making the winner the player with the
        most money.

 **b. System Requirements**
 **----------------------**

        To run Pitty Pat, you'll need the following system:

                An IBM-compatible, 386 or better computer
                Two Megabytes of RAM
                A VGA monitor
                Windows 3.1, or Windows 95
                Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
                Mouse

        You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:

                Pentium processor
                Four Megabytes of RAM

 **c. Installation and Setup**
 **-------------------------**

        1. To get started with Pitty Pat on a hard disk:
                a. Insert the Pitty Pat disk in your
                        floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
                b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
                        Enter.
                c. Follow the screen directions.

 **d. Starting Pitty Pat**
 **---------------------**

        To start the game, double click on the Pitty Pat
        icon in Windows.

 **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
 **======================================**

        If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
        needing to get help. Try the following:

        If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
        try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
        disk cache.

        If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness
        on your monitor.

        If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
        electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
        your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
        you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
        that were displayed.

 **3. How to Contact Us**
 **====================**

        Write to:

                **AGCrump**
                **P.O. Box 8216**
                **Inglewood, CA 90308**

        E-mail:

                **ao545@lafn.org**

 Pitty Pat is Copyright 1997 Arthur Crump