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- <sect1 id="Klondike"><!--<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>Klondike</title>
-
- <para>Written by Jonathan Blandford</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. Two redeals.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Waste</entry>
- <entry>
- To be taken from Stock. Top card available for
- play.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Foundation</entry>
- <entry>
- Four piles top right. To be built up in suit from Ace to
- King. Topmost card in each Foundation can be played back on
- to the Tableau.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Seven piles. Deal card face up in first pile. Place one
- card face down on all other piles. Place one card face up
- on next pile followed by one card face down on all covered
- piles. Repeat until there are seven cards in last pile.
- Tableau can be built down in alternating colors. Groups of
- cards can be moved. Empty piles can only be filled by Kings
- or group of cards starting with a King.
- </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 alternating color. Groups of
- cards can be moved. An empty pile in the Tableau can be filled with
- a King or a group of cards with a King on the bottom.
- </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 three times.
- </para>
- <para>
- Foundations are built up in suit from Ace to King. Cards in
- Foundations are still in play. Double clicking on a card will move
- it to the appropriate Foundation pile if such a move is
- possible.
- </para>
- <para>
- Double clicking on a foundation card will move all the cards that
- can be moved to the foundation to the foundation. This
- is useful for cleaning up at the end of the game.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Options</title>
-
- <para>
- There are three possible ways to play. The difference between them
- is in how the cards are dealt from the stock.
- </para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>Three card deals</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Cards are dealt from the stock three at a time. There is no limit to how many times you can redeal the stock.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Single card deals</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Cards are dealt from the stock one at a time. However you can only turn the stock over and redeal twice.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>No redeals</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Cards are dealt one at a time from the stock. There is no redeal. Play this way if you want a challenge (and some frustration).</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>Most likely you will consider one of the first two methods
- traditional - depending on where you live and who taught you. The no
- redeals option is the one normally found in older sets of rules, but
- the game is rarely played that way.</para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- Each card in the Foundation piles scores one point.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 52
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- Don't give up the ship! Try brute force methods when the game seems
- over. Sometimes a combination of using cards already in the
- Foundation and rearranging sequences will free up some needed cards.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-