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- <sect1 id="Monte_Carlo"><!--<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>Monte Carlo</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 the Tableau. Cards are dealt after concatenating
- the Tableau onto the empty slots.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Five by five grid, each capable of holding one card.
- One card dealt to each space at the beginning of game. Empty
- spaces can be filled by moving cards from the right to the
- left, from the leftmost card of the row below to the rightmost
- space, and from the Stock to all otherwise empty spaces by
- clicking on the Stock.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Remove all cards.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- Cards can be removed in pairs that have the same value as long as
- the two cards are touching horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- </para>
- <para>
- At any point that there are empty piles in the Tableau, dealing from
- the Stock moves all the cards already in the Tableau from the right
- to left and moving them up a row to the far right if necessary
- making all the empty slots at the end. The Stock is then dealt on
- to these empty slots.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- Each pair of cards removed scores two points.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 52
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- Keep an eye out as to how the Tableau will shrink when you deal.
- Sometimes leaving pairs in will allow more pairs to become available
- after a deal.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-