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- <sect1 id="Agnes"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>2001</year>
- <holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
- <surname>Yuen</surname>
- </author>
- <address><email>zana@webwynk.net</email></address>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>Agnes</title>
-
- <para>Written by Rosanna Yuen</para>
-
- <sect2><title>Setup</title>
-
- <informaltable>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>Type of Deck</entry>
- <entry>Standard Deck</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Stock</entry>
- <entry>
- Top left pile. The rest of the deck is placed here after
- dealing the Tableau. Cards are dealt in batches of seven,
- one on every Tableau pile.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Foundation</entry>
- <entry>
- Four piles top right. To be built in suit and sequence,
- wrapping from King to Ace when necessary. One card is dealt
- on to the first Foundation pile. The other Foundation piles
- must be started with cards of the same rank.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Seven piles. Deal card face up in first pile. Place one
- card face down on all other piles. Place one card face up
- on next pile followed by one card face down on all the
- covered piles. Repeat until there are seven cards in last
- pile. Tableau can be built down in same colors. Groups of
- cards can be moved. Empty piles can only be filled by the
- next deal from the Stock.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
- <para>
- Move all cards to the Foundation piles.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
- <para>
- Cards in the Tableau are built down by same color. Groups of cards
- in sequence and same color can be moved as a unit.
- </para>
- <para>
- Each deal flips one card from the Stock to each pile of the
- Tableau. There are no redeals.
- </para>
- <para>
- Foundations are built up in suit in sequence, wrapping from King to
- Ace when necessary. Cards in Foundations are still in play. Double
- clicking on a card in the Tableau will move it to the appropriate
- Foundation pile if such a move is possible.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
- <para>
- Each card in Foundation scores one point.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 52
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
- <para>
- Try to build down in suit whenever possible. Try to score as many
- points as you can as this game is very hard to win.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-