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- <sect1 id="Aunt_Mary"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>2005</year>
- <holder>Alan Horkan</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>Alan</firstname>
- <surname>Horkan</surname>
- </author>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>Aunt Mary</title>
-
- <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 on to the Tableau. Cards are turned over one at a
- time to Waste. Two redeals.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Waste</entry>
- <entry>
- To be taken from Stock. Top card available for
- play.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Foundations</entry>
- <entry>
- Four piles top right. To be built up in suit from Ace to
- King. Topmost card in each Foundation can be played back on
- to the Tableau.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Six piles, deal card face up in first pile. Place one
- card face down on all other piles. Place one card face up
- on the first two piles then one card face down on all covered
- piles. Place three cards face up and the rest face down and so on.
- Repeat gradually revealing more cards each time until there are
- six rows with six cards.
- Tableau can be built down in alternating colors. Groups of
- cards can be moved. Empty piles can only be filled by Kings
- or group of cards starting with a King.
- </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 alternating color. Groups of
- cards can be moved. An empty pile in the Tableau can be filled with
- a King or a group of cards with a King on the bottom.
- </para>
- <para>
- Cards are flipped from the Stock to the Waste individually. Top
- card in Waste is in play. When Stock is empty, move all cards in
- Waste back to the Stock, maintaining order. You can go through the
- deck three times.
- </para>
- <para>
- Foundations are built up in suit from Ace to King. Cards in
- Foundations are still in play. Double clicking on a card will move
- it to the appropriate Foundation pile if such a move is possible.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- Each card in the Foundation piles scores one point.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 52
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- Aunt Mary is extremely difficult and rarely solvable.
- The real challenge is not finishing but seeing how far you can get.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-
- <!-- TODO Aunt Mary is a Klondike variation, refernce and crosslink them -->
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