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- <sect1 id="Yukon"><!--<sect1info>
- <copyright>
- <year>1998</year>
- <holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
- </copyright>
- <author>
- <firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
- <surname>Yuen</surname>
- </author>
- <address><email>rwsy@mit.edu</email></address>
- </sect1info>-->
-
- <title>Yukon</title>
-
- <para>Written by Rosanna Yuen</para>
-
- <sect2><title>Setup</title>
-
-
- <informaltable>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>Type of Deck</entry>
- <entry>Standard Deck</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>Foundation</entry>
- <entry>
- Four piles on left. To be built up in suit from Ace to King.
- </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. Deal the rest of the cards
- face up on the second to seventh piles. To be built down in opposite
- color.
- </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 Tableau are built down in opposite color. Groups of cards
- can be moved regardless of sequence. A faced-down card is flipped
- when it is unburied. 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>
- Foundations are built up in suit from Ace to King. Cards in
- Foundations are no longer in play.
- </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>
- Try and uncover as many cards as early on as possible. Doing so will
- greatly aid your quest to conquer yukon.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-