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                  │   C l a s s i c   S o l i t a i r e  │
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   There are many different ways to play solitaire. It seams like everyone
   plays, at least, a little differently. The rules I used in writing this
   game are, for the most part, the rules established in the book "The new
   complete Hoyle, revised" published by Doubleday, with a couple of minor
   modifications to help improve your chances of winning.

The CLUB character

   If the CLUB character does not appear in this, and other card games you
   need to change the Compuserve Quick-B file transfer to OFF in your comm
   programs configuration, usually in the "Terminal Options" area.

Object of the Game

  The object of the Classic Solitaire game is to use all of the 52 cards
  in the deck to build up all four suit stacks from Ace to King.
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                       │  CURSOR and CARD MOVEMENT  │
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   This game is best played using the number keypad on the right side of
   your keyboard. The keystrokes used are layed out in as simple a pattern
   as possible, plus these keys are the standard for most card games.

   Key    Reaction

 [ENTER]  Spreads a new set of play cards from the stock pile, if any. If
          all cards have been used, this will return the cards to the stock
          pile, if you have any rounds remaining. ENTER will automatically
          place the cursor on the next playable card on the talon.

   5      The 5 key is the card movement key. Position the cursor over the
          row of the card you want to move (or over the talon) and press 5
          to select that card, then move the cursor to the row where you
          want to move the card to and press the 5 key again to place the
          card. The game will not allow you to make an illegal move.
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   4,6    Press "4" to move to the row to the left, or "6" to move to the
          row to the right. If the cursor is on one of the end rows, it will
          wrap to the other side. These keys have no effect when the cursor
          is on the talon unless a card is selected, if a card is selected,
          press "4" to jump to the right row, "6" to jump to the left.

   2      Press the "2" key when you want to move between the rows and the
	  talon. pressing "2" while on one of the top rows will place the
          cursor on the next playable card on the talon, pressing "2" while
          on the talon will place the cursor on the row you were last on
          before moving there.

   8      Press the "8" key to play a card on its suit stack. Position the
	  cursor over the row (or on the talon) of the card you want to move
          to its suit stack and press "8". This will automatically move that
          card to the correct suit pile and credit your account 100 points.



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                            │  Rules of the Game  │
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Solitaire has four game areas:

  Stock pile- Located at the lower left of the playing area, these cards are
              always face down while in stock.

  The Talon- This is the play stack located next to the stock. These are the
             cards spread from stock, and only the top most card is playable.

  Suit stacks- Located at the upper left of the screen, this is where you
               build the suits from Ace to King. The suit stacks start out
               empty, once a card has been played here, it cannot be moved.

  The Tableau- This is the main play field consisting of seven rows. The
               number of cards in each row increases from one to seven, from
               left to right. The top card of each row is face up, and is
               playable, the rest are face down.
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    You draw cards from stock three at a time and move the top "playable"
    card to its suit stack or to a row if you can. The number of cards
    remaining in stock is displayed to the left of the stock pile.

    When you have used all the cards from the stock pile, you can "turn the
    deck over" and continue to draw cards, the number of times you can go
    through the deck is set by the sysop, but defaults to 5.

    You build the rows in descending order, alternating between red and black
    cards. For example: a red 7 can only be played on a black 8. Suit does
    not make a difference unless playing to the suit stacks. All face-up
    cards on a row must be moved as a single unit.

    You can move a card in a row to another row or to a suit stack. If you
    uncover a face-down card in a row, the program will turn the card face-
    up. You can only move a King to an empty row.

    You build the suit stacks in ascending order, starting with the Ace. You
    may only move an Ace to an empty suit stack. You win the game when you
    have used all cards in the deck to build the four suit stacks.
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                                │  SCORING  │
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    You are awarded 100 points each time you play a card to its suit stack,
    for a total of 5200 points for winning the game.

    You receive a 500 point bonus each time you move all four of the same
    value card to their suit stacks, for example, play all four Aces to
    their suit stacks, all four twos, all four threes, etc. through the
    Queen, for a total of 6000 points for winning the game.

    When you move all four Kings, ie. win a game, you get a free game
    and a 5000 point bonus!

    The grand total for winning the game is 16200 points.



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