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<sect1 id="Elevator"><!--<sect1info>
		<copyright>
			<year>1999</year>
			<holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
		</copyright>
		<author>
			<firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
			<surname>Yuen</surname>
		</author>
		<address><email>rwsy@mit.edu</email></address>
	</sect1info>-->

	<title>Elevator</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 down 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. Flip bottom row.</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 can be flipped singly from the Stock to the Waste. There is no redeal.</para>

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

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

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

	<para>Every pyramid needs a strong foundation. Get rid of the lower cards first, with an eye out to try to expose as many cards as possible.</para>
        </sect2>
</sect1>
