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- <sect1 id="Backbone"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>2005</year>
- <holder>Vincent Povirk</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>Vincent</firstname>
- <surname>Povirk</surname>
- </author>
- <address><email>madewokherd@gmail.com</email></address>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>Backbone</title>
-
- <para>Written by Vincent Povirk</para>
-
- <sect2><title>Setup</title>
-
-
- <informaltable>
- <tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>Type of Deck</entry>
- <entry>Double Deck</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Stock</entry>
- <entry>
- Single pile below the foundations on the left. The rest of the deck is
- placed here after dealing on to the Tableau and Reserve. Cards are
- turned over one at a time to Waste. One redeal.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Waste</entry>
- <entry>
- Single pile to the right of the Stock. To be taken from Stock. Top
- card available for play.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Foundation</entry>
- <entry>
- Eight piles top right. To be built up in suit from Ace to
- King.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Reserve</entry>
- <entry>
- Two stacks of 9 cards each, with a single above both stacks.
- Cards that are not obscured are available for play to anywhere except
- empty tableau spaces.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Eight piles, four on each side of the reserve. A card is dealt to each
- tableau pile when the game starts. Build down in suit. Empty spaces
- can be filled with any card. Only one card can be moved at a time.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Move all cards to the Foundation piles.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- Cards in the Tableau are built down by suit. Only one card can be moved
- at a time. Empty slots can be filled with any card except from the reserve.
- </para>
- <para>
- Cards are flipped from the Stock to the Waste individually. Top
- card in Waste is in play. When Stock is empty, move all cards in
- Waste back to the Stock, maintaining order. You can go through the
- deck twice.
- </para>
- <para>
- Foundations are built up in suit from Ace to King. Cards in the
- Foundations are no longer in play. Double clicking on a card will move
- it to the appropriate Foundation pile if such a move is
- possible.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- Each card in the Foundation piles scores one point.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 104
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- You can use empty spaces in the Tableau to move multiple cards. Be careful
- with Kings in the Reserve: the only way to remove them is by playing them
- to a Foundation on top of a Queen.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-