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█ STRAIGHT SOLITAIRE!!!  COPYRIGHT (c) 1996 BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS, INC. █
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Straight Solitaire follows up on the popularity of the many Solitaire games
out there for TBBS.  Don't know why, but people seem to LOVE them.  I hope
this one will be just as popular.

Straight Solitaire is the BASIC solitaire game we all know and love!  And
it uses the same acclaimed interface as Chat Euchre and Chat Trivia: you can
chat while playing!!  You HAVE to see this game, it's really neat the way
you can move the card stacks around the screen.



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█   BASIC RULES   █
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In Straight Solitare, you have 3 areas: the draw pile, 7 card stacks,
and 4 suit stacks.

The goal in Straight Solitaire is to get all the cards up on the Suit
Stacks.  You take 3 cards at a time from the draw pile (by hitting ENTER
on the pile).  You move cards onto the card stacks: it needs to be the
opposite color and the next card up (IE, a red Ten goes on a black Jack).

You can also move cards on the suit stacks.  You have to start with an
Ace, then you move the cards from the draw pile or the cards stacks up
to the suit stack, they or in order and of the same suit.  So, when you
get the Ace of hearts up there, then you put the 2 of hearts on the
Ace of hearts, and so on.

If you manage to get all the cards up on the suit stacks, you WIN A BIG
BONUS!!!  Plus 5 free games.

WARNING: See scoring below.  There is a 20 point penalty for each pass
through the draw deck after the first 3 passes.



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█ USING THE KEYBOARD █
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Move the red bar around the game with your arrow keys (or numeric keypad).
Hit ENTER on a card to move it.  When you hit enter, the card will jump
down a little.  Then you can start moving it.

You can move a whole string of cards, or a sub-string.  That is, if you
have the Queen, Jack, Ten, 9, and 8, you can put the bard on the
Jack and move everything from there down.  Or put the bar on the Queen
and move the whole stack.

The backs of the cards are blue.  If you see a blue back of a card, you can
hit enter on it to turn it up.



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 10 points for each card moved to a suit stack
  5 points for each card moved to a row stack
-15 points for each card moved from a suit to a row stack
-20 points for each pass through the deck after 3 passes
- 2 points for each 20 seconds played (speed is of the essence!)

BONUS POINTS:
  5 free games for each game you win!
+1000 points if you complete the game within 5 minutes (300 seconds)
+ 500 points if you complete the game within 9 minutes (540 seconds)
+ 100 points if you complete the game within 12 minutes (720 seconds)








 