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I. INTRODUCTION Klondike is today's most popular solitaire game. It is known by many different names including Fascination, Demon, and Small Triangle. Canfield was made famous by the owner of a Saratoga gambling saloon in the 1890's. Mr Canfield sold a deck of cards for $50 and then paid the player $5 for every card he played to the field. II. RULES FOR PLAYING KLONDIKE Klondike is played with a regular deck of 52 cards. You begin the game by dealing the tableau which consists of seven piles. The first card is dealt face up on the left and the next six cards are dealt face down moving to the right so that you have one card in each of seven piles. The eighth card is dealt face up on top of the second pile and the next five cards are dealt one to a pile face down moving to the right. You continue in this manner until you have one face up card on top of each of the seven piles. The remaining 24 card are your Hand. The object of the game is to move all of the cards in the piles and in the hand to the Field, the area to the right of the piles. You begin this process by moving any aces which are showing to the field. You may build on each ace in ascending order (A, 2, 3, . . . , 10, J, Q, K) and in the same suit. You may build on the face up cards in the piles in descending sequence and in alternating color order. For example the 4S may be played on the 5H. You must move all face up cards from a pile as a unit, i.e. in the example above the 5H-4S combination could be played on the 6C. Whenever you move the face up cards off a pile, turn over the the top card. After you clear all of the cards out of a pile, you may fill the blank space with a king. You turn the cards in the hand up in packets of three and place them in a waste pile. The top card from the waste pile may be played either to the piles or to the field freeing up the card below which may then be put into play. After you go through the entire hand, you pick up the waste pile and turn it over making a new hand. You may go through the hand as many times as you wish in this manner. Example Game: Your beginning face up cards might look like this: ┌────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┐ │ 3 │ J │ K │ 4 │ A │ 9 │ 6 │ └────┴────┴────┴────┴────┴────┴────┘ Make the following moves: AD to the field, turn up 8S 3H to 4C, open a blank spot KD to blank spot, turn up 5D 4C-3H to 5D, turn up 2H The tableau and field would now look like this: ┌────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┐ ┌────┐ │ K │ J │ 5 │ 2 │ 8 │ 9 │ 6 │ │ A │ └────┴────┼────┼────┴────┴────┴────┘ └────┘ │ 4 │ ├────┤ │ 3 │ └────┘ You now have no more moves so you would begin going through the hand. III. RULES FOR PLAYING CANFIELD Canfield is played with a regular deck of 52 cards. You begin by dealing thirteen cards face up into a Stock pile on your left. The next card is then dealt face up in the field. This is your first foundation card. You now finish your tableau by dealing four face up pile cards to the right of the stock pile. The remaining 34 cards are your Hand. The object of the game is to play all of the cards in the five piles and the hand to the field. The rank of the first foundation card determines the rank of the remaining foundation cards for that game. You build on each foundation card in ascending order and in the same suit. The suits are circular so an ace may be played on a king and a deuce on an ace. You may build on the tableau pile cards in descending sequence and in alternating color order. Again the suits are circular so an ace goes on a deuce and a king goes on an ace. The cards in the stock pile may be played to the field, to one of the four piles, or to a blank pile space if one develops during play. Once the stock pile is empty you may fill in a blank pile space with any card from the hand. You turn the cards in the hand up in packets of three and place them in a waste pile. The top card from the waste pile may be played either to the piles or to the field freeing up the card below which may then be put into play. After you go through the entire hand, you pick up the waste pile and turn it over making a new hand. You may go through the hand as many times as you wish in this manner. Example Game: Your beginning tableau might look like this: ┌────┬────┬────┬────┬────┐ ┌────┐ │ 3 │ 9 │ A │ 5 │ J │ │ 5 │ ├────┼────┴────┴────┴────┘ └────┘ | ├────┤ │ J │ ├────┤ │ 2 │ ├────┤ │ K │ └────┘ Make the following moves: KS to AH (the 2D is now on top of the stock pile) 5H to field, open a blank spot 2D to blank spot The tableau and field would then look like this: ┌────┬────┬────┬────┬────┐ ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ 3 │ 9 │ A │ 2 │ J │ │ 5 │ │ 5 │ ├────┼────┼────┼────┴────┘ └────┘ └────┘ | │ K │ ├────┤ └────┘ │ J │ └────┘ You now have no more moves so you would begin going through the hand 3 cards at a time. IV. HOW TO PLAY KLONDIKE AND CANFIELD When you first begin Klondike or Canfield you will be asked: Do you want error messages displayed automatically (Y/N)? If you press "Y" then an error message will appear on the screen whenever you make a mistake. If you press "N", error messages are still available available to you on request during the game. Next, you will be asked: Press 1, 2, or 3 to indicate the difficulty level you want. In level 3 you must play the game exactly as it is described in the previous section. In level 2, you will be able to go through the hand cards one at a time. In level 1, you will also be allowed to place any card in a blank space and play any consecutive cards on each other regardless of color. Next, you will be shown the following screen: Your current scores are: Game Score Moves Exceptions 1 ### ### # 2 ### ### # 3 ### ### # 4 ### ### # 5 ### ### # 6 ### ### # Totals ### ### # Which game do you want to play? Select the game you want to play by pressing the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 key. After you choose the game you want to play, the computer will shuffle and deal the cards. When you complete a game you will see the following screen: Game Played: # Your Score: #### Number of Moves: ### Number of Exceptions: # Press 1 to play again at level 1. Press 2 to play again at level 2. Press 3 to play again at level 3. Press Q to Quit. Make your selection and press the appropriate key. Below is an explanation of how to use the keyboard to manipulate the cards and control the appearance of the screen. The various keys perform the same function in both games. Cursor Keys: Cursor Left (4) and Cursor Right (6) Keys: Use these keys to move the cursor back and forth across the screen. If you move past either edge of the screen, the cursor will move to the the other side. Function Keys: (The number keys across the top of the keyboard will perform the same functions as the function keys.) F1 - Pile to Pile Move: Use this key to transfer cards from one pile to another. First, use the cursor keys to select the cards which you want to move. Second, press the F1 key and a red box will appear around the cards you have indicated with the cursor. Third, move the cursor to the column on which you wish to play the cards you have selected. Finally, press the F1 key again and the cards will be moved from the first column to the second. You can select your 'to' and 'from' piles in reverse order and the computer will automatically move the cards in the correct direction. Press the ESCape key if you want to cancel your initial column selection and erase the red box selection marker. F2 - Help: This key will show you the following help screen: ╔══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ F1 - Pile to Pile Move Level: # ║ ║ F2 - Help and Status ║ ║ F3 - Move Through Hand ║ ║ F4 - Hand to Pile Move ║ ║ F5 - Pile to Field Move ║ ║ F6 - Hand to Field Move ║ ║ F7 - Print an Error Message ║ ║ F8 - Change Difficulty Level ║ ║ F9 - Play a New Game ║ ║ F10- Automatic Play Out ║ ║ C - Change Screen Colors ║ ║ S - Show Current Score ║ ║ Q - Quit and Return to DOS ║ ║ X - eXception ║ ║ ESC- Continue/Cancel Selection ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ The number after "Level:" tells you the difficulty level at which you are currently playing. The F1, F3, F4, F5, F6, F10, and "X" keys are disabled when the help screen is shown, however, the F7, F8, F9, "C", "S", and "Q" keys remain active. Press the ESCape key when you want to return to the game. F3 - Move Through Hand: Each time you press this key you will move through the hand. At level 3 you will move through the hand 3 cards at a time and at levels 2 and 1, one card at a time. After you have gone completely through the hand, this key will turn it back over so you can go through it again. The number of cards in each part of the hand is graphically indicated with small rectangles above the hand cards. F4 - Hand to Pile Move: This key will move the top face up hand card to the pile indicated by the cursor. If this is not a legal move, you will hear a beep and the card will not be moved. F5 - Pile to Field Move: This key will move the top card in the pile indicated by the cursor to the field. If this is not a legal move, you will hear a beep and the card will not be moved. F6 - Hand to Field Move: This key will move the top face up hand card to the field. If this is not a legal move, you will hear a beep and the card will not be moved. F7 - Print an Error Message: Any time you hear a BEEP during the game you have attempted to make an illegal move. If you are not sure what you did wrong (and you have turned the automatic error message feature off), press the F7 key and the error message will be shown at the bottom of the screen. You can press any key to continue playing the game. You can only see an error message immediately after you hear a BEEP. If you use the F1, F3, F4, F5, F6, F10, or Cursor keys after you hear a BEEP but before you press the F7 key to see the error message, you will receive a "No errors have been committed." message. F8 - Change Difficulty Level: You can change the difficulty level at which you are playing at any time. Press the F8 key and the following message will appear at the bottom of the screen: ╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║ You are currently at level 3. ║ ║ Press 1, 2, or 3 to continue ║ ║ play (1 = Easy, 3 = Hard). ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════╝ Press the appropriate key to continue. F9 - Play a New Game: Press this key to start a new game. F10- Automatic Play Out: Press this key and the computer will play all cards which can be legally moved from the piles to the field. This key can be used any time during the game and eliminates the need to tediously play out cards when you have already won a game. Only the cards which you play to the field count toward your score. Other Keys: ESCape Key: The ESCape key will perform different functions during the game. They are: 1. Cancel a pile selection made for a pile to pile move. 2. The ESCape key will return you to the game after you press the F2(Help), "C", or "Q" keys. "C" Key - Change Color: If you would like to change the colors on the screen, press the "C" key and the following message will appear at the bottom of the screen: ╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║ B - Change background color ║ ║ F - Change foreground color ║ ║ ESC - Return to the game ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════╝ At this point you can select from a total of 48 different color combinations. Press the "B" key to cycle through a total of 16 different background colors or press the "F" key to cycle through 3 different sets of foreground colors. After you have selected the color combination you want, press the ESCape key to return to the game. "Q" Key - Quit - Return to DOS: When you press this key the following message will appear at the bottom of the screen: ╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║ Q - Quit and return to DOS ║ ║ ESC - Continue with the game ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════╝ Press the "Q" key again to confirm that you want to quit playing the game. If you hit the "Q" key by mistake, then press the ESCape key to continue playing the game. All of the other keys are disabled until you press ESCape. "S" Key - Score: Any time you want to know your current score, press the "S" key and the following message will appear at the bottom of the screen: ╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║ Your current score is ###. ║ ║ Press any key to continue. ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════╝ "X"- eXception: You can use this key to make moves which would not be allowed under the rules of Klondike and Canfield. The X key will have a different effect depending on the level at which you are playing. Pressing the X key in level 3 will turn up the next face down hand card. If all of the hand cards are currently face up, then the entire hand will be turned over and an exception will not be counted against you. Pressing the X key in level 2 will allow you to make one level 1 move (i.e. you can play consecutive cards of the same color on each other or you can place a card other than a king in a blank spot. The X key has no effect in level 1. The number of exceptions you make will have a direct bearing on the score you can achieve. See the scoring rules in the next section. V. KLONDIKE AND CANFIELD SCORING Your score in Klondike or Canfield depends on three things: 1. The number of cards you play to the field. 2. The lowest difficulty level that at which you play. 3. The number of exceptions you make at that level. If you make 8 exceptions at level 3 and then switch to and finish the game at level 2, then the game will be scored based on level 2 - zero exceptions in the table below. KLONDIKE AND CANFIELD SCORING TABLE PARTIAL SCORE NUMBER OF PTS/CARD PLAYED EXCEPTIONS WIN - ALL CARDS PLAYED TO THE FIELD TO THE FIELD ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LEVEL 3 NONE 1,000 10 1 900 (Five points are deducted 9 2 800 for each move after the 8 3 700 first exception.) 7 4 600 6 5 & up 500 (Scored the same as level 2-no exceptions.) 5 Note: The minimum level 3 winning score is 500 LEVEL 2 NONE 500 5 1 450 (Five points are deducted 4 2 400 for each move after the 3 3 350 first exception at level 2) 2 4 300 1 5 & up 250 .5 * Note: The minimum level 2 winning score is 50 LEVEL 1 NONE 50 .5 * * Fractional scores are rounded down to a whole number.