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- <sect1 id="Triple_Peaks"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>2005</year>
- <holder>Richard Hoelscher</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>Richard</firstname>
- <surname>Hoelscher</surname>
- </author>
- <address><email>rah@rahga.com</email></address>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>Triple Peaks</title>
-
- <para>Written by Richard Hoelscher</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 turned over one at a time to Waste.
- No redeals.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Waste</entry>
- <entry>
- All play is on the Waste pile. Cards faced down are not part of
- the current scoring run.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Deal 18 cards face down in the form of three triangles, with three
- rows in each triangle, increasing with one card in the first row
- to three in the last. Connect the triangles by dealing another 10
- cards face up in the bottom row. End cards of each row should overlap
- the end cards of the row above, and interior cards should overlap
- two adjacent cards of that row.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Remove all cards from the Tableau.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- Exposed cards in the Tableau are available for play. Build on the top card of
- Waste with cards ranked immediately above or below it from the Tableau,
- regardless of suit. Aces are ranked both above Kings and below Deuces.
- </para>
- <para>
- Tableau cards are made available when not covered by other cards.
- </para>
- <para>
- Cards can be flipped singly from Stock to the top of Waste.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Options</title>
-
- <para>
- Multiplier Scoring: Points double for every card played in a run. A run
- of five cards will score 1, 2, 4, 16, and 32 points, for a total of 55
- points. Bonuses are worth 25 points. No points are deducted for playing
- a card from the stock to the waste.
- </para>
- <para>
- Progressive Rounds: After all cards have been cleared from the tableu,
- a new round begins. The score from the last round carries over into the
- new round.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- The score for each card played is equal to the number of cards your have
- played since the last card flipped from the Stock to the Waste. The longer
- the run, the higher your score.
- </para>
- <para>
- 5 points are deducted when you flip a card from Stock to Waste. Each
- triangle peak cleared will give a 15 point bonus, and an additional 15
- points are awarded when all the cards have been cleared from the Tableau.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score for a single round: 466
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-