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<sect1 id="Escalator"><!--<sect1info>
		<copyright>
			<year>2001</year>
			<holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
		</copyright>
		<author>
			<firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
			<surname>Yuen</surname>
		</author>
		<address><email>zana@webwynk.net</email></address>
	</sect1info>-->

	<title>Escalator</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>Stock</entry>
	  <entry>
		  Top left pile.  The rest of the deck is placed here after
		  dealing on to the Tableau.  Cards are turned over one at a
		  time to Waste.  No redeals
	  </entry>
	</row>
	<row>
	  <entry>Waste</entry>
	  <entry>
		  To be taken from Stock.
	  </entry>
	</row>
	<row>
	  <entry>Tableau</entry>
	  <entry>
		  Deal face up seven overlapping rows starting with one card on
		  the first row, increasing by one per row and staggering the
		  piles as to achieve a pyramid.
	  </entry>
	</row>
      </tbody>
    </tgroup>
  </informaltable>

          </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Goal</title>

  <para>
    Move all cards to Waste.
  </para>

          </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Rules</title>

  <para>
	  All exposed cards in the pyramid are available for play.  Build on to
	  the Waste from these available cards whenever possible by playing a
	  card with a rank immediately above or immediately below the rank of
	  the top card in the Waste.  Aces are both above Kings and below
	  Deuces.
  </para>
  <para>
	  Cards are flipped singly from the Stock to the Waste.  There is no redeal.
  </para>

          </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Scoring</title>

  <para>
    Each card removed from the Tableau scores one point.
  </para>
  <para>
    Maximum possible score:  28
  </para>

          </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Strategy</title>

  <para>
	  Try to plan ahead so that you can make runs in the future.
  </para>
        </sect2>
</sect1>
