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  1. <sect1 id="Block_Ten"><!--<sect1info>
  2.       <copyright>
  3.        <year>2001</year>
  4.        <holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
  5.       </copyright>
  6.       <author>
  7.        <firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
  8.        <surname>Yuen</surname>
  9.       </author>
  10.       <address><email>zana@webwynk.net</email></address>
  11.     </sect1info>-->
  12.  
  13.     <title>Block Ten</title>
  14.  
  15.   <para>Written by Rosanna Yuen</para>
  16.  
  17.           <sect2><title>Setup</title>
  18.  
  19.  
  20.   <informaltable>
  21.     <tgroup cols="2">
  22.       <tbody>
  23.     <row>
  24.       <entry>Type of Deck</entry>
  25.       <entry>Standard Deck</entry>
  26.     </row>
  27.     <row>
  28.       <entry>Stock</entry>
  29.       <entry>
  30.         Top left pile.  All cards are placed here at beginning of
  31.         play.
  32.       </entry>
  33.     </row>
  34.     <row>
  35.       <entry>Tableau</entry>
  36.       <entry>
  37.         Nine piles in a 3x3 formation.  Each Tableau pile is dealt
  38.         one card face up.
  39.       </entry>
  40.     </row>
  41.       </tbody>
  42.     </tgroup>
  43.   </informaltable>
  44.  
  45.           </sect2>
  46.         <sect2><title>Goal</title>
  47.  
  48.   <para>
  49.     Remove all cards.
  50.   </para>
  51.  
  52.           </sect2>
  53.         <sect2><title>Rules</title>
  54.  
  55.   <para>
  56.     Remove cards in pairs that add up to ten.  Jacks, Queens and Kings
  57.     are removed in pairs.  Tens cannot be removed.  All empty slots are
  58.     automatically filled by the Stock.
  59.   </para>
  60.  
  61.           </sect2>
  62.         <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
  63.  
  64.   <para>
  65.     Removing each pair of cards scores two points.
  66.   </para>
  67.   <para>
  68.     Maximum possible score:  48
  69.   </para>
  70.  
  71.           </sect2>
  72.         <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
  73.  
  74.   <para>
  75.     This is a pure luck game.  Therefore, any strategy involved would
  76.     have to do with increasing your luck.
  77.   </para>
  78.         </sect2>
  79. </sect1>
  80.