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KLONDIKE RULES ============== One regular pack of 52 cards is used. Deal 28 cards into 7 piles. The first pile at the left has one card, the second two, and so on, up to seven in the last pile. The top card of each pile is face up; all the rest are face down. On the piles you may build in descending sequence, red on black or black on red. For example, on the 8 of spades you can place either the 7 of hearts or the 7 of diamonds. All the face up cards on a pile may be moved as a unit, and matched accord- ing to the bottom card. When you uncover a face down card on a pile, turn it face up. If one pile is entirely removed, you may put a king in the space. Each time you free an ace, move it to the Foundation, a row above the piles. On the Foundation you build up in suit and sequence. For example, the 2 of hearts may be placed on the Ace of hearts, the 3 of hearts may be placed over the 2 of hearts, and so on. To win the game, you have to build each Foundation up to the king. Once placed on the Foundation, a card cannot be moved any- where else. From the rest of the pack, turn up cards one by one. Put cards that you cannot use into a waste pile. You can always use the top card of the waste pile. You may go through the pack only once. The game ends either when you win by building each Foundation up to the king, or when your moves reach a standstill. Variations Klondike, as played by its original rules, is very hard to win (it has been estimated that the chances of winning are one in every thirty games!) and thus can be a bit frustrat- ing. Two popular variations greatly increase the odds of winning. Under the first variation, cards are moved from the Pack to the Waste Pile in groups of three, and you can go through the Pack as many times as you wish, i.e., once the Pack is exhausted, you move all the cards from the Waste Pile back to the Pack. Under the second variation, cards are turned up from the Pack one by one, as in the original rules, but you can go through the Pack an unlimited number of times, as in the first variation. This is the easiest of all three playing modes. Under the original Klondike rules, you must move all face-up cards on a pile as a unit (except when you are moving from the pile to the Foundation, in which case you move the top card of the pile alone). Klondike 2.3 has a relaxed movement rule. Under it, you can move all face-up cards as a unit; the top card alone, or any contiguous block of cards begin- ning at the top card. Suppose you have a pile with a 4-5-6-7-8 face-up. If you're using the relaxed movement rule, you can move all five cards as a unit, or the 4-5-6-7 block, or the 4-5-6, or 4-5, or the 4 alone. Through skill- ful manipulation of the cards, you can free cards that would otherwise be unavailable, and win games that would be unwinnable under the regular rules. This makes the game more challenging, because it gives you a greater chance of win- ning against a bad deal. Scoring You pay $50 for each hand, and receive $5 back for each card you place on the Foundation. The highest possible score is then $210 (all 52 cards on the Foundation). Since the pro- gram has no way of knowing when a game is over unless you won, your final score will be the score displayed when you either QUIT or start a NEW game. This score is then added to your 'career statistics', which are kept on the file KLONDIKE.SCO. One entry is kept for each player (make sure you spell your name the same way each time, or different entries will be created). To change the player's name, click the mouse with the cursor positioned inside the score box, or, if using the keyboard, press Ctrl-n. GAME PLAY - MOUSE ================= To move a card, first place the mouse cursor over the card (or pile) you want to move and press the left mouse button, then place the cursor over where you want to put the card (or pile) and press the left button again. Notice that the cursor changes to a pointing hand whenever it is over a card or pile that can be moved. After you select the card (or pile) to move by pressing the left mouse button, the cursor changes to an hourglass to indicate that it is waiting for you to enter the destination of the move. Whenever you place it over a location that could be used as a destination, it will change from the hourglass back to a pointing hand (note that this does not check for a valid move. It merely tells you that you could move a card from pile 1 to pile 5, if the cards match, but that you could never move a card from pile 1 to the waste pile). If you select a card to be moved and decide not to move that card, press both mouse buttons simultaneously to cancel the move command. To move a card from the Deck to the Waste Pile, press the right mouse but- ton. If a card is face down, just place the mouse cursor over it and press the left mouse button to turn the card face up. The following commands are available during play, and can be issued by placing the mouse cursor over the corresponding 'command button' (on the lower right hand corner of the screen) and pressing the left mouse button: UNDO: undoes the last successful move executed. UNDO can- not be used after a FINISH or another UNDO command. FINISH: automatically moves all cards that can legally be moved from the Tableau and the Waste Pile to the Founda- tion. Caution: you cannot undo a FINISH command! HELP: displays a help file. Use the cursor keys (Up, Down, PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End) to move around the file, and press [Esc] when you are done viewing it. PEEK: shows the face-down cards on the Piles. Press any button to resume playing. TOP 10: displays the Top 10 scores and the career statis- tics for the current player. RULES: allows you to select which variation you want to play. Choose the variation by placing the mouse cursor over the number you want and pressing the left mouse but- ton. Press the right mouse button when done. The currently selected variation is highlighted. You can then choose either the strict or relaxed movement rule. Place the mouse cursor over the desired rule and press the left mouse button, and press the right mouse button when done. BACK: allows you to choose from five different card backs. Choose the design you want by placing the mouse cursor over it and pressing the left mouse button. Press the right mouse button when done. The currently selected card number is highlighted in light blue. CONFIG: brings up the Configuration menu. This allows you to customize your copy of Klondike. The first option, Mouse, can be set to 'Yes' (always use the mouse; this option is ignored if a mouse driver is not found when you start Klondike), 'No' (always use the keyboard, even if a mouse driver is present), or 'Ask' (if a mouse driver is found, asks at the beginning of each game whether or not you want to use the mouse). The second option, Sound, can be set to 'Full' (songs and beeps are enabled), 'Partial' (songs disabled, but error beeps enabled), or 'Off' (both songs and beeps disabled). Finally, the third option, Error Messages, can be set to 'Yes' (displays a context- sensitive error message each time an error occurs), or 'No' (does not display the error messages, errors are indicated by beeps if Sound is either Full or Partial). To select an option, place the mouse cursor over it and press the left mouse button. Currently selected options are highlighted. Press the right mouse button when done. If you want to configure Klondike to use a variation or card back other than the defaults, select the desired options BEFORE you issue the Config command. When Config saves your configuration, it will save the currently selected variation and card back. If you are playing from a floppy- disk, do NOT write-protect the disk, otherwise Config will not be able to write the configuration information. INFO: displays Copyright and Version information, and your registration number if you have a registered copy. Press any mouse button to return to the game after you are done viewing the information. NEW: interrupts the current game and starts a new one. You are asked to confirm by selecting either 'Yes' or 'No' from a dialog box. Use the left mouse button to enter your selection. QUIT: quits Klondike. You are asked to confirm by select- ing either 'Yes' or 'No' from a dialog box. Use the left mouse button to enter your selection. If you are using Variation 1 or Variation 2, press the right mouse button after the Pack is exhausted (as if you were moving one more card from the Pack to the Waste) and the Waste will be moved back to the Pack. GAME PLAY - KEYBOARD ==================== To Move a card, first press the key corresponding to the Origin, then press the key corresponding to the Destination. For example, to move from the Pack to pile 1, press P then 1. Valid Origins are 1 to 7, P, and W. Valid Destinations are 1 to 7, W, and F. If you select a card to be moved and decide not to move that card, press the Esc key to cancel the move command. If a card is face down, press the key corresponding to that card and it will be turned face up. You can turn only the first card of the Pack and cards on the Tableau (1 to 7) that are face down. Note that the NumLock option is automatically turned on when you play using the keyboard. You can then use the numeric keypad to play. Please refer to the printed documentation for details. The following commands are available during play, and can be issued by typing the highlighted letter from the correspond- ing 'command button' (on the lower right hand corner of the screen): UNDO: undoes the last successful move executed. UNDO can- not be used after a FINISH or another UNDO command. FINISH: automatically moves all cards that can legally be moved from the Tableau and the Waste Pile to the Founda- tion. Caution: you cannot undo a FINISH command! HELP: displays a help file. Use the cursor keys (Up, Down, PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End) to move around the file, and press [Esc] when you are done viewing it. PEEK: shows the face-down cards on the Piles. Press any key to resume playing. TOP 10: displays the Top 10 scores and the career statis- tics for the current player. RULES: allows you to select which variation you want to play. Choose the variation by typing the corresponding number. Press [Enter] when done. The currently selected variation is highlighted. You can then choose either the strict or relaxed movement rule. Press either S for strict or R for relaxed, and press [Enter] when done. BACK: allows you to choose from five different card backs. Choose the design you want by pressing the corresponding number, and press [Enter] when done. The currently selected card number is displayed in light blue. CONFIG: brings up the Configuration menu. This allows you to customize your copy of Klondike. The first option, Mouse, can be set to 'Yes' (always use the mouse; this option is ignored if a mouse driver is not found when you start Klondike), 'No' (always use the keyboard, even if a mouse driver is present), or 'Ask' (if a mouse driver is found, asks at the beginning of each game whether or not you want to use the mouse). The second option, Sound, can be set to 'Full' (songs and beeps are enabled), 'Partial' (songs disabled, but error beeps enabled), or 'Off' (both songs and beeps disabled). Finally, the third option, Error Messages, can be set to 'Yes' (displays a context- sensitive error message each time an error occurs), or 'No' (does not display the error messages, errors are indicated by beeps if Sound is either Full or Partial). You will be prompted to enter the desired option for Mouse, Sound and Error Messages, in that order. Press either Y, N or A for Mouse; F, P or O for Sound; and Y or N for Error Messages. Press [Enter] after selecting each one. Currently selected options are highlighted. If you want to configure Klondike to use a variation, scoring method, or card back other than the defaults, select the desired options BEFORE you issue the Config command. When Config saves your configuration, it will save the cur- rently selected variation, scoring method, and card back. If you are playing from a floppy-disk, do NOT write-protect the disk, otherwise Config will not be able to write the configuration information. INFO: displays Copyright and Version information, and your registration number if you have a registered copy. Press any key to return to the game after you are done viewing the information. NEW: interrupts the current game and starts a new one. You are asked to confirm by selecting either 'Yes' or 'No' from a dialog box. Press either Y or N to enter your selection. QUIT: quits Klondike. You are asked to confirm by select- ing either 'Yes' or 'No' from a dialog box. Press either Y or N to enter your selection. If you are using Variation 1 or Variation 2, press P after the Pack is exhausted (as if you were moving one more card from the Pack to the Waste) and the Waste will be moved back to the Pack. COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS ==================== The following options can be specified when you load Klon- dike: -mouse selects the mouse as the input device. This option is ignored if a mouse driver is not found. -nomouse selects the keyboard as the input device. -ask asks whether or not you want to use the mouse. This option is ignored if a mouse driver is not found. [Default] -fullsound turns full sound (songs and error beeps) on. [Default] -partsound turns partial sound (error beeps, but no songs) on. -nosound turns both songs and error beeps off. -var[n] selects Variation [n], where [n] is a number from 0 to 2. [Default is -var0] -strict selects the Strict movement rule. [Default] -relaxed selects the Relaxed movement rule. -back[n] selects card back [n], where [n] is a number from 1 to 5. [Default is -back1] -errormsgon turns error messages on. [Default] -errormsgoff turns error messages off. Note that the command-line switches have precedence over the settings selected through the Config command. So, if you have Klondike currently configured to use card back 2 and the relaxed movement rule, but you load it as klondike -back5 -strict card back 5 and the strict movement rule will be used.