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- <sect1 id="Plait"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>1999</year>
- <holder>W. Borgert</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>W.</firstname>
- <surname>Borgert</surname>
- </author>
- <address><email>debacle@debian.org</email></address>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>Plait</title>
-
- <para>Written by W. Borgert</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>
- Third row from the right side in the middle. Two redeals are
- allowed.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Waste</entry>
- <entry>
- Fourth row from the right in the middle, directly left of the stock.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Foundation</entry>
- <entry>
- Right eight piles. One card is already there at start. This is the
- base card. All fields have to be started with this card.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Plait</entry>
- <entry>
- The group of cards in the middle of the table. Starts with 20
- cards. Only the one top level card can be moved.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Edges</entry>
- <entry>
- The four fields at the top and bottom, left and right of the plait.
- These are automatically refilled from the plait.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Tableau</entry>
- <entry>
- The eight fields left and right of the plait, between the edge fields.
- Only one card per pile is possible.
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Goal</title>
-
- <para>
- Move all cards to Foundations.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Rules</title>
-
- <para>
- All eight Foundations have to be started with the same card value.
- At the beginning you can choose whether to build up or down.
- You can take cards from the plait in the middle of
- the tableau, from the eight free fields left and right of the plait,
- from the four edges around the plait, and from the waste.
- </para>
- <para>
- The game is lost if no available cards can be moved on to the
- Foundation piles and the Stock is empty.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Scoring</title>
-
- <para>
- No scoring. You either win or lose.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
- <sect2><title>Strategy</title>
-
- <para>
- Pick the cards from the plait as soon as possible as they are hard to free.
- Then pick the cards from the tableau as it will give you empty slots
- to temporarily store some cards.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-