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- <sect1 id="Maze"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>2000</year>
- <holder>Telsa Gwynne</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>Telsa</firstname>
- <surname>Gwynne</surname>
- </author>
- <address><email>telsa@linuxchix.org</email></address>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>Maze</title>
-
- <para>Written by Matthew Wilcox</para>
-
- <sect2><title>Setup</title>
-
-
- <informaltable>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>Type of Deck</entry>
- <entry>48 cards: Standard Deck without the kings</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Fifty-four spaces in six rows of nine each. Deal cards into
- spaces one to eight. Leave space nine blank. Deal cards into spaces
- ten to seventeen. Leave space eighteen blank. Deal the remaining
- cards similarly. Then remove all the kings (which play no further
- part in the game), so that six empty spaces remain in total. Any
- card can be moved into a space to the left of another card of the
- same suit and face value one higher. Any card can be moved
- into a space to the right of another card of the same suit and
- face value one lower. An ace may be moved to the right of a
- queen or in the top left space. A queen may be moved to the left
- of an ace or in the bottom right space.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Put each suit of cards into ascending order, with an ace in the
- top left corner, to create a run of cards: Ace to Queen of one suit,
- Ace to Queen of another, Ace to Queen of the third, Ace to Queen
- of the fourth.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- Cards are moved singly. Any card can be moved into a space to the
- left of another card of face value one higher in the same suit. Any
- card can be moved into a space to the right of another card of face
- value one lower in the same suit. An ace may be moved to the right
- of a queen or in the top left space. A queen may be moved to the left
- of an ace or in the bottom right space.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- Each card placed next to another card of the same suit in the
- correct order scores one point.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 48
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- Multiple adjacent spaces enable you to generate long sequences of
- cards. Beware of getting trapped into a situation where you move
- one card endlessly between two points.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-