Copyright: Silver Creek Entertainment
Citation: Copyright Silver Creek Entertainement 1996


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Hardwood Solitaire II is a beautiful rendition of six popular solitaire games; Freecell,  Fourteen Out, Four Seasons, Klondike,  Golf& Pyramid.

In the demo you will only be able to play Klondike.  When you register HWS we will send you a code that will instantly allow you to play ALL SIX wonderful games!

Two difficulty levels await to challenge you on each game; Squire mode, which is the easy level or the harder Knight mode. If you win a game your time will be written in the High score scroll!

The scroll will also give you secret codes, and tips! You may even find a few hidden features along the way!

You can play HWS in 256 or higher video modes.  Even though it looks great in 256 colors, its elegant beauty is unlocked in True Color.


How do I play?

You can play all  six different solitaire games in Hardwood Solitaire II; Freecell, Fourteen Out, Four Seasons, Klondike, Golf & Pyramid.

Each game has two difficulty levels.  Choose Squire for an easier game or Knight for a real challenge. In most cases Squire will allow for an unlimited undo, where as Knight will only let you do one.

You can Replay any game you like by pressing F12 or by double clicking on a game in the Best Times Scroll .

 If you are a speed player, we have quick Keys for you.  Also, if you right click on a card, the card  will move to the foundation if it’s able.


You can play in TRUE COLOR!

Hardwood Solitaire II is one of the few games that takes advantage of True Color, which will allow you to see your game in 16 MILLION COLORS.

That’s over 65,000 times more colors than 256 color games!

So here’s how you do it!

1	Click here  [image]  to view Display properties.

2	In the Color Palette list, select a High or True Color mode.

Note:

Your monitor and display adapter determine the maximum number of colors that can appear on your screen.  So if you have a older video card, you might not be able to play in True Color mode, but it’s likely that you will have a card that will at least display in 256 (The minimum requirement for Hardwood Solitaire.)


Ordering Hardwood Solitare
Ordering Hardwood Solitaire II

The upgrade from Hardwood Solitaire II demo to Hardwood SolitaireII full version is easy and costs a mere $24.95 U.S. Dollars!

Klondike it’s just the beginning of your journey through hours of endless fun.

If you’re ready to spend countless hours and sleepless nights playing Hardwood Solitaire II, get out the coffee and Click right here to Order!

Order Hardwood Solitaire II now to set foot on your beautiful journey playing the all time favorite solitaire games, Pyramid, Freecell, Four Seasons, Fourteen Out, Klondike, and Golf in vivid color.  You not only get the great games, you get awesome graphics too!

All SIX games have been especially chosen to give you a variety of the best solitaire games ever.  Limitless fun awaits!  Just remember to get some sleep now and then!!!

You can order hardwood Solitaire by mail, fax, or voice.  You can check out our Web site for current product information.

WWW.SILVERCRK.COM

To order by Voice (12-7pm Pacific Time) or FAX  call  1-888-GAMENET or

541-474-3353.

If you are going to mail your form in, send it to:

                   Hardwood Solitaire II

                   C/O Silver Creek Entertainment

                   P.O. Box 1251

                   Grants Pass, OR  97526

Checks must be drawn in US Dollars.

Make checks payable to "Silver Creek Entertainment".

Your activation code should show up in a few days. If it hasn’t, there may be a problem with the E-mail address we have for you.


Klondike

Place any Aces you receive from the hand on one of the four foundations in the upper right hand corner.  Once you place an Ace  on a foundation, you can place a 2, 3, 4, etc. of the same suit there too.

The Tableau is built up, from cards you receive from the Hand , by stacking them in descending order, alternating between red cards and black cards.

The object is to place all of the cards onto the foundations.

Squires

One card is dealt from the hand at a time

You may go through the deck as many times as you like

You may place a card from the foundation back on the tableau

You have unlimited undo

Knights

Three cards are dealt form the hand at a time

You may  only go through the deck three times

You have one level of undo

Card Values


Pyramid

Make a match with any open card  on the pyramid or the Talon by dragging one card onto another card so that their values add up to 13.  If you can’t make a match, pull another card from the Hand.  When you clear all the cards from the pyramid, you win.

Squires

You may go through the deck twice

You have unlimited undo

Knights

You may  only go through the deck once

You have one level of undo

Card Values


Golf

Match the card in the Talon with a card that has a value of  one higher or one lower than the one from the Tableau.  If you cannot make a match, pull another card from the Hand.  When you place all the cards into the Talon you win!

Squires

You have unlimited undo

Knights

You may not play a Queen or an Ace on a King

You may not play a King on an Ace

You have one level of undo

Card Values


Freecell
Okay if you’ve played Klondike, Freecell  follows the same basic rules.  The object of Freecell is to clear the Tableau by placing all of the cards onto the foundations.

To do so, place any open Aces you find in the Tableau on one of the four foundations in the upper right hand corner.  Once you place an Ace on a foundation, you can follow it up with a two of the same suit and so on.  Only open cards  in the Tableau  or free cells are available to be used to build on your foundations.

The Tableau is built of cards in descending order and alternating suits.  So, if you have a Jack of Diamonds, you can place a 10 of clubs or spades on top of it.

Four “ Freecells ” to the left of the foundations are available for placing cards of any value or suit there temporarily, but only one card can be placed in a free cell at any one time.  The cards in free cells, like the open cards in the Tableau, are available to be used to build your foundations.

Squires

You may move entire stacks of sorted cards

You have unlimited undo

Knights

You may only move one card at a time

You have one level of undo

Card Values


Fourteens

Make a match with any open card  on the Talon by dragging one card onto another card so that their values add up to 14.  When you clear all the cards from the board, you win.

Squires

You have unlimited undo

Knights

You have one level of undo

Card Values


Just loop back around to the other end of the values. King to Ace or Ace to King


four_Seasons

Four Seasons, also know as Corner Card or Vanishing Cross, has some neat elements.   Basically, you build up the Foundations ( the corners ) in ascending order same suit, round the corner.

  The Tableau  consists of the cards between the Foundations.  The Tableau acts as a storage area and can be built upon. The Tableau cards are built in descending order, any suit, & round the corner.  It can be challenging at first keeping different orders straight.

After the cards are dealt out, you’ll notice that there is a card already placed in the upper left Foundation, this card forms the basis for the other three Foundations.  In other words, if that first corner card is a Jack, the other Foundation cards must be started as Jacks as well.

When you’ve built up all the Foundations and cleared the cards from the Tableau, Talon and Hand, you’ve won!

Squires

You may go through the deck twice

You may place a card from the foundation back on the tableau

You have unlimited undo

Knights

You may  only go through the deck once

You have one level of undo

Card Values


Talon:

A pile where cards from the Hand are placed.


OPEN CARD:

A card that does not have another card placed on top of it.


Hand:

Remaining cards in the deck after all of the cards have been dealt to the Tableau.  This is where you draw cards from.


Tableau

In Freecell, the entire deck is dealt out into the tableau; four columns of seven cards and four columns of six cards.


Tableau

Arrangement of the cards on the table.


About Hardwood Soiltaire

Hardwood Solitaire II ™

 is Copyright of

Silver Creek Entertainment Corporation, 1997

All rights are reserved.

Disclaimer

 Silver Creek Entertainment Corporation makes no warranties relating to this software, whether expressed or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Silver Creek Entertainment Corporation will not be liable for any damages due to loss of data or any other reason (Including, but not limited to, Abduction by UFO’s or your dog exercising mind control over all the neighboring poodles!!!).  The end user agrees to accept all risk by using this software.

Whew!

Questions regarding Hardwood Solitaire II should be sent to:

HWSOL@ SILVERCRK.COM

TRY OUR WEB SITE AT:

WWW.SILVERCRK.COM


The numbered cards hold their face value. The Jack, Queen & King have values of 11,12 & 13 respectively.

The Ace has a value of 1.


Secret Codes

You think we’re going to tell you..<BIG GRIN>

You’ll have to figure them out yourself, But their in there!!!


Ordering Hardwood Solitare
Hmmm, look’s like the order file is missing.  Try reinstalling Hardwood Solitaire, if that doesn’t seem to help, send us E-mail at hwsol@silvercrk.com or redownload the most current file from our Website:

WWW.SILVERCRK.COM


KEYS

Hardwood Solitaire II has quick keys for some functions:

                  1-8 are the card backs

F1     HELP	F4     Truecolor Faces

F2     MENU	F8     Best Times

F3     256 color Faces 	F12   Replay/Get Game Number

TAB  Redeal	Backspace   Undo

     “+” or “-” to adjust the card animation speed


Best Times Scroll

The Best Times Scroll will appear every time you win a game, and if your time is faster than the Best times, you get to put in your name!  The scroll has the five best times for each game.

If you would like to Replay one of the games in the Best Times Scroll, just double click on the game listed.

Only the game you are currently playing will be displayed, to see the best times for the other games, click on the up or down arrows in the scroll or you can press the up or down arrow keys on you keyboard.


REPLAY

Each time you deal a new game, you can find its particular Game Number by pressing F12.  This allows you to REPLAY games you’ve played in the past or games that someone would like you to play.  The Game Number dialog box will show you the current game number, and will also allow you to type in another game number to play.

For instance, if you have an older game you would like a friend to play and see if they could get a better time, you can press F12 and type in that game’s number and PRESTO! This is neat because you can try to beat each other’s time and this way nobody can say that it was just luck of the deal!

Another way to replay or challenge, is to double click on a game in the Best Times Scroll This is handy if you don’t remember the Game Number off hand, and it’s pretty convenient to get to, just click on the timer at the top of the table.


Credits
Game Design

 Silver Creek Entertainment ®

Artwork

Jonas Stewart

Programming

Dan Edwards

Chance Small

Music Composition

Clint Cole

Production Manager

Rich Stewart

Testers

Shauna “Roo” Chambers

Jeanne Kengla

Suzanne Stewart

Thanks to

Our Fans!

The Tea Gods

The furniture that gave up it’s life to give us our hardwood playing table.

Mother Earth

Friends and relatives

Mr. K

Barkley & Gwen

El Lopo

Beaker


Foundation

Place your cards on the foundation to win the game. Start out your foundation with Aces, one for each space.  To build on the Aces, place a card of the same suit & the next in rank until you’ve used up all of the cards and the foundation is full.  A two goes on an Ace, a three on a two, ect.


Foundation

Place your cards on the foundation to win the game.  Place a card that is of the same rank as the upper left hand card.  Build on the that card by placing a card of the same suit & the next up in rank until all cards are used up and the foundation is complete.


Freecells

Freecells are “holding areas” for cards.  If you need to put cards aside, you can place them here.


Tableau

In Klondike, the tableau dealt out in seven columns starting with one card in the first column and ending with 7 in the last column.


This card is dealt face up and determines the base card for the foundations.


Tableau

The tableau can be built opon by placing a card that is next lower in rank on top of a card in the tableau.  Shift your cards around in the tableau so you can place them onto the foundation.