Deluxe Klondike is being distributed as shareware. If you enjoy playing this game then please pay for your copy by sending the $15 shareware fee. In return for your payment you will receive a disk in the mail containing the newest version.
Send $15 to:
Glenn Seemann
P.O. Box 149
Destrehan, LA 70047
USA
All checks must be in U.S. funds and drawn on U.S. banks.
Questions, comments, suggestions, and bug reports can be e-mailed to:
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* How to Play *
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In Klondike, twenty-eight cards are dealt in seven piles, with the number of cards per pile increasing from one to seven from left to right. The top card of each pile is turned face up, the rest face down. These twenty-eight cards form the tableau.
Only the face-up cards in the tableau are playable. You must build down from the face-up cards in the tableau. However, you may only build down in alternating colors. All the face-up cards in a pile are moved as a unit when the top most card can be built on the bottom of another pile.
Whenever the face-up cards of a pile are cleared off, turn up the next card. If a space is made by clearing away an entire pile, then it can only be filled by a king, plus any cards built on the king.
When playing, cards are turned up from the stock either one at a time or three at a time, depending on which method is chosen in the OPTIONS menu before the game starts. Unplayable cards are placed in a single wastepile. The top of the wastepile is always available for play. When turning up cards from the stock one at a time, only one deal is allowed. If you choose to have redeals, then you are CHEATING. When turning cards from the stock three at a time, two redeals are allowed. If you take more than two redeals, then once again, you are CHEATING.
The object of Klondike is to build up each foundation pile from aces to kings. There are four foundation piles, one for each suit, located in the upper right of the screen. The top card of the wastepile, as well as the bottom most face-up cards in the tableau, may be moved to the foundation. The game is won if all 52 cards are moved to the foundation piles.
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* Additional Help *
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• You get one point for each card you move to the foundation. The highest possible score is 52.
• To move a card to the foundation quickly, simple double-click on it.
• To set the number of cards to be turned up from the stock, go to the OPTIONS menu. To turn up one card at a time choose "Turn One." To turn three at a time choose "Turn Three." This option can only be changed before any cards are turned up from the stock. It can not be changed once a game has begun.
• Once you are convinced that no more valid plays exists, press the "Give Up" button to end the game. The game then ends and if you have a high score it is recorded.
