Software Club 210: Light Red/Club_Software_210_Light_Red_Micro_Star_1997.iso/realdeal/realdeal.doc

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              The Real Deal shareware version
                      By Craig Kellogg
                 An MVP Software Production
                 (C) 1995-1996 MVP Software
            Portions (C) 1995-1996 Craig Kellogg

This game is shareware.  You may freely try it.  If you like it
or find it useful, then you will want to purchase the complete CD
version from MVP Software.  The complete CD version is the best
card game collection ever published for the computer.  It
includes:

   * 10 card games, including Pinochle, Hearts, Spades, Cribbage
     Euchre, Whist, Thirty-One, Crazy Eights, Oh Hell, and
     Auction Pitch.
   * 12 computer partners and opponents.
   * 3 skill levels, including the super-tough expert level.
   * Multiplayer network/modem support.
   * Over 400 meg of graphics and sound files.
   * Full-screen resolution in three different screen sizes.
   * Over 1,000 digitized phrases in 16-bit sound.
   * Wave-table music.

The Real Deal CD is just $39.95 plus shipping.  So order today!
Registered users receive a special offer on other MVP products.

To order, call 800-968-9684 toll-free or 616-831-7985 24 hours a
day.  Please have your Master Card or Visa ready when you call.
Or fill out the order form in this manual and fax it to:
616-831-7981.  Make sure your credit card number and expiration
date are legible.  Or if you prefer mail the order form and your
check to: MVP Software, PO Box 888281, Grand Rapids, MI 49588.

For overseas orders or technical support call 616-831-7981.

             The Real Deal Order Form

Name _____________________________________________________________

Address __________________________________________________________

City _______________________________ State ______ ZIP ____________

Country (if outside USA) _________________________________________

Price of The Real Deal CD                                   $39.95
Shipping and Handling (US)                                    4.00
Shipping and Handling (Canada)                                5.00
Shipping and Handling (all other countries)                   6.00
Michigan residents add sales tax                              2.64
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Make check payable to "MVP Software"        Total enclosed: $
Master Card/Visa information (credit card orders only)
(Please note that we accept Master Card and Visa only.)

Card number __________________________________________

Expiration date ______________________________________
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Where did you get The Real Deal shareware version?
Friend   CompuServe   AOL   MSN   Channel 1   Invention Factory
Exec-PC   World Data Network   Ryan's Bar   Space BBS
Sound Advice   MVP's Web Page (www.mvpsoft.com) disk distributor
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Send this order form and your check to:

MVP Software, P.O. Box 888281, Grand Rapids, MI  49588-8281.
Checks must be in US funds and drawn on a US or Canadian bank.

US or Canada 24-hour order line: 800-968-9684.
Overseas 24-hour order line:     616-831-7985
Fax:                             616-831-7982.
Tech support and information:    616-831-7981.

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In Palo Alto, California -- Space BBS [phone]
In Reston, Virginia -- World Data Network [phone]

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of future activities, and give feedback to MVP on the Internet.  To
visit our new home page, just set your WWW browser to this URL:

                   http://www.mvpsoft.com

While there, you can see descriptions of all our releases, download
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If you prefer using direct ftp to get our files, you can find them
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**************************** Crazy 8's *****************************
(available in the full CD version only)

PLAYERS - From two to four

PACK - 52 cards.

DEAL - With two players, deal seven cards to each.  With more
players, deal five to each.  The balance of the pack, placed face
down in the center of the table, forms the stock.  After all hands
are dealt, dealer turns up the top card of the stock and places it
in a separate pile.  This card is the starter.

PLAY - Each player in turn must place one card face up on the
starter pile.  If unable to play, a player must draw cards from the
top of the stock until she can, or until the stock is exhausted.  If
unable to play when the stock is exhausted, a player passes her
turn.  A player may draw from the stock if she wishes, even though
able to play.

Each card played (other than an eight) must match the card showing
on the starter pile, either in suit or in denomination.  Thus, any
club may be played on any club; any queen on any queen.  The eights
are wild; that is, an eight may be played at any time in turn, and
the player specifies a suit for which it calls (never a
denomination).  The following player must play either a card of the
specified suit or an eight.

OBJECT OF PLAY - To get rid of all cards in the hand.  The player
who first succeeds wins the game, and collects from each other
player the value of her remaining cards computed on this count:

Each eight                                      50
Each King, Queen, Jack or Ten                   10
Each Ace                                         1
Each other card                          pip value

NOTE: Rule options can affect the point values of the cards.  For
example:

     If 2 makes next player draw 2     25
     If jack skips next player's turn  25
     If king reverses direction        25

If the game ends in a block, no hand being able to play and the
stock being exhausted, the player with the lowest count in her
remaining cards collects from each other player the difference of
the counts.  Players who tie divide the winnings.

**************************** Spades ******************************
(available in the full CD version only)

PLAYERS - Four, in two partnership.

CARDS - A pack of 52.  The cards rank A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8,
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.  Spades are always trumps.

DEAL - Each player receives thirteen cards.

BIDDING - Beginning with the eldest hand, each player in turn bids
the number of tricks she expects to win, from the total possible of
thirteen.  Her bid, plus her partner's,