1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 2<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" 3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ 4]> 5<sect1 id="Hopscotch"><!--<sect1info> 6 <copyright> 7 <year>1999</year> 8 <holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder> 9 </copyright> 10 <author> 11 <firstname>Rosanna</firstname> 12 <surname>Yuen</surname> 13 </author> 14 <address><email>rwsy@mit.edu</email></address> 15 </sect1info>--> 16 17 <title>Hopscotch</title> 18 19 <para>Written by Rosanna Yuen</para> 20 21 <sect2><title>Setup</title> 22 23 24 <informaltable> 25 <tgroup cols="2"> 26 <tbody> 27 <row> 28 <entry>Type of Deck</entry> 29 <entry>Standard Deck</entry> 30 </row> 31 <row> 32 <entry>Stock</entry> 33 <entry> 34 Top left pile. All cards except the Ace to four of clubs are placed 35 here at beginning of play. Cards are dealt singly to Waste. 36 </entry> 37 </row> 38 <row> 39 <entry>Waste</entry> 40 <entry> 41 Directly to the right of Stock. Can only hold one card at a time. 42 Card must immediately be placed on either a Foundation pile or on to 43 the Reserve pile of your choice. 44 </entry> 45 </row> 46 <row> 47 <entry>Foundation</entry> 48 <entry> 49 Four piles on top, to the right of Stock. Place an Ace on the first 50 pile, a two on the second pile, a three on the third pile, and a four 51 on the fourth pile. The first Foundation pile is built up by one, 52 the second is built up by two, the third by three, and the fourth by 53 four, all of which wrap around to Ace when it reaches past thirteen. 54 cards in Foundations are no longer in play. Suits do not matter. 55 </entry> 56 </row> 57 <row> 58 <entry>Reserve</entry> 59 <entry> 60 Four piles placed underneath Foundations. Cards in Reserve can only 61 be played on to Foundation piles. Cards moved from Waste can be 62 placed on any of the Reserve piles. 63 </entry> 64 </row> 65 </tbody> 66 </tgroup> 67 </informaltable> 68 69 </sect2> 70 <sect2><title>Goal</title> 71 72 <para> 73 Move all cards on to Foundations. 74 </para> 75 76 </sect2> 77 <sect2><title>Rules</title> 78 79 <para> 80 Build on to Foundations by ones, twos, threes, and fours for piles 81 one, two, three, and four respectively. Cards are dealt singly in to 82 the Waste from the Stock. However, as the Waste pile can only hold 83 one card, this card must immediately be played on to a Foundation pile 84 or on to any of the four Reserve piles. Cards in the Reserve piles 85 cannot be rearranged. 86 </para> 87 88 </sect2> 89 <sect2><title>Scoring</title> 90 91 <para> 92 Each card moved to Foundations scores one point. 93 </para> 94 <para> 95 Maximum possible score: 48 96 </para> 97 98 </sect2> 99 <sect2><title>Strategy</title> 100 101 <para> 102 Hone your skills for this game. Luck will not get you very far here. 103 Try not to cover cards you might need sooner. Consider saving a 104 column just for kings (as they are the last card to be played on each 105 Foundation). 106 </para> 107 </sect2> 108</sect1> 109