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="Triple_Peaks"><!--<sect1info> 6 <copyright> 7 <year>2005</year> 8 <holder>Richard Hoelscher</holder> 9 </copyright> 10 <author> 11 <firstname>Richard</firstname> 12 <surname>Hoelscher</surname> 13 </author> 14 <address><email>rah@rahga.com</email></address> 15 </sect1info>--> 16 17 <title>Triple Peaks</title> 18 19 <para>Written by Richard Hoelscher</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. The rest of the deck is placed here after 35 dealing the Tableau. Cards are turned over one at a time to Waste. 36 No redeals. 37 </entry> 38 </row> 39 <row> 40 <entry>Waste</entry> 41 <entry> 42 All play is on the Waste pile. Cards faced down are not part of 43 the current scoring run. 44 </entry> 45 </row> 46 <row> 47 <entry>Tableau</entry> 48 <entry> 49 Deal 18 cards face down in the form of three triangles, with three 50 rows in each triangle, increasing with one card in the first row 51 to three in the last. Connect the triangles by dealing another 10 52 cards face up in the bottom row. End cards of each row should overlap 53 the end cards of the row above, and interior cards should overlap 54 two adjacent cards of that row. 55 </entry> 56 </row> 57 </tbody> 58 </tgroup> 59 </informaltable> 60 61 </sect2> 62 <sect2><title>Goal</title> 63 64 <para> 65 Remove all cards from the Tableau. 66 </para> 67 68 </sect2> 69 <sect2><title>Rules</title> 70 71 <para> 72 Exposed cards in the Tableau are available for play. Build on the top card of 73 Waste with cards ranked immediately above or below it from the Tableau, 74 regardless of suit. Aces are ranked both above Kings and below Deuces. 75 </para> 76 <para> 77 Tableau cards are made available when not covered by other cards. 78 </para> 79 <para> 80 Cards can be flipped singly from Stock to the top of Waste. 81 </para> 82 83 </sect2> 84 <sect2><title>Options</title> 85 86 <para> 87 Multiplier Scoring: Points double for every card played in a run. A run 88 of five cards will score 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 points, for a total of 31 89 points. Bonuses are worth 25 points. No points are deducted for playing 90 a card from the stock to the waste. 91 </para> 92 <para> 93 Progressive Rounds: After all cards have been cleared from the tableu, 94 a new round begins. The score from the last round carries over into the 95 new round. 96 </para> 97 98 </sect2> 99 <sect2><title>Scoring</title> 100 101 <para> 102 The score for each card played is equal to the number of cards your have 103 played since the last card flipped from the Stock to the Waste. The longer 104 the run, the higher your score. 105 </para> 106 <para> 107 5 points are deducted when you flip a card from Stock to Waste. Each 108 triangle peak cleared will give a 15 point bonus, and an additional 15 109 points are awarded when all the cards have been cleared from the Tableau. 110 </para> 111 <para> 112 Maximum possible score for a single round: 466 113 </para> 114 </sect2> 115</sect1> 116