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- <sect1 id="Pileon"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>1998</year>
- <holder>Nick Lamb</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>Nick</firstname>
- <surname>Lamb</surname>
- </author>
- <address><email>njl195@zepler.org.uk</email></address>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>Pileon</title>
-
- <para>Written by Nick Lamb</para>
-
- <sect2><title>Setup</title>
-
-
- <informaltable>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>Type of Deck</entry>
- <entry>Standard Deck</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- Fifteen piles, arranged in rows of four. Deal cards four at a time, face
- up onto the first thirteen piles. Leave the last two spaces empty.
- A pile can hold as many as four cards, and as few as none.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Rearrange the cards so that each pile contains all four cards from a single
- value. This should leave two piles empty, but it doesn't matter whether
- they are the same piles which were empty at the start.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- Cards can be moved on top of any other card or cards of the same value
- so long as no pile grows to have more than four cards. Groups of cards
- can be moved if they are of the same value, but it doesn't gain you
- anything. An empty slot can be filled with any card or group of cards
- with the same value.
- </para>
- <para>
- Once a pile contains all four cards of the same value it is frozen, and
- the top card is flipped to indicate that you need do nothing further
- to those cards. They are no longer in play, but it would be useless to
- move them anyway.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- When a pile of four cards is frozen you score 4 points, one for each
- card. There is no other way to score points.
- </para>
- <para>
- Maximum possible score: 52
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- Keep one of the piles clear as much as possible. Don't allow a pile of
- three cards to build up on top of a single card, especially if the
- final card from the set is not a bottom card in another pile.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-