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- <sect1 id="Block_Ten"><!--<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>Block Ten</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. All cards are placed here at beginning of
- play.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Nine piles in a 3x3 formation. Each Tableau pile is dealt
- one card face up.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Remove all cards.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- Remove cards in pairs that add up to ten. Jacks, Queens and Kings
- are removed in pairs. Tens cannot be removed. All empty slots are
- automatically filled by the Stock.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- Removing each pair of cards scores two points.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 48
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- This is a pure luck game. Therefore, any strategy involved would
- have to do with increasing your luck.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-