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- <sect1 id="Kings_Audience"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>2005</year>
- <holder>Zach Keene</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>Zach</firstname>
- <surname>Keene</surname>
- </author>
- <address><email>zjkeene@bellsouth.net</email></address>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>King's Audience</title>
-
- <para>Written by Zach Keene</para>
-
- <sect2><title>Setup</title>
-
-
- <informaltable>
- <tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>Type of Deck</entry>
- <entry>Standard Deck</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Reserves (Antechamber)</entry>
- <entry>
- The outer rectangle of sixteen cards. Cards in the reserve are
- available to play, and are replenished from the Waste
- (or the Stock if no cards are currently in the Waste.)
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Stock</entry>
- <entry>
- Left slot in the center row. Cards are dealt one at a time to the
- Waste. There is no redeal.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Waste</entry>
- <entry>
- Slot to the right of the Stock. The top card of the Waste is
- available to play.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>"Thrones"</entry>
- <entry>
- Top four slots in the "audience chamber" (the area inside the
- surrounding sixteen cards.) Whenever a King and Queen of the same
- suit are available, they can be move to one of these
- slots.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Foundations</entry>
- <entry>
- Bottom four slots in the audience chamber. Whenever a Jack and an
- Ace of the same suit are available, they can be moved to an empty
- Foundation slot, with the Jack on top. The foundation then may be
- built down in suit.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Move all cards to the foundation piles or thrones.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- Deal cards one at a time from Stock to Waste. Whenever a King and Queen of
- the same suit are available, they can be moved into a throne slot by either
- by dragging the King onto the Queen (or vice versa) or double clicking either
- card. Whenever a Jack and Ace of the same suit are available, they can be
- moved into a foundation slot in the same manner.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- Each card placed in the audience chamber receives one point.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 52
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- None; King's Audience is pretty much entirely based on luck.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-