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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 rack 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>
