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- <sect1 id="Escalator"><!--<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>Escalator</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 on to the Tableau. Cards are turned over one at a
- time to Waste. No redeals
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Waste</entry>
- <entry>
- To be taken from Stock.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Deal face up seven overlapping rows starting with one card on
- the first row, increasing by one per row and staggering the
- piles as to achieve a pyramid.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Move all cards to Waste.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- All exposed cards in the pyramid are available for play. Build on to
- the Waste from these available cards whenever possible by playing a
- card with a rank immediately above or immediately below the rack of
- the top card in the Waste. Aces are both above Kings and below
- Deuces.
- </para>
- <para>
- Cards are flipped singly from the Stock to the Waste. There is no redeal.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- Each card removed from the Tableau scores one point.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 28
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- Try to plan ahead so that you can make runs in the future.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-