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<sect1 id="Triple_Peaks"><!--<sect1info>
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<holder>Richard Hoelscher</holder>
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<firstname>Richard</firstname>
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<surname>Hoelscher</surname>
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<address><email>rah@rahga.com</email></address>
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<title>Triple Peaks</title>
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<para>Written by Richard Hoelscher</para>
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<sect2><title>Setup</title>
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<entry>Type of Deck</entry>
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<entry>Standard Deck</entry>
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Top left pile. The rest of the deck is placed here after
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dealing the Tableau. Cards are turned over one at a time to Waste.
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All play is on the Waste pile. Cards faced down are not part of
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the current scoring run.
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<entry>Tableau</entry>
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Deal 18 cards face down in the form of three triangles, with three
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rows in each triangle, increasing with one card in the first row
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to three in the last. Connect the triangles by dealing another 10
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cards face up in the bottom row. End cards of each row should overlap
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the end cards of the row above, and interior cards should overlap
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two adjacent cards of that row.
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<sect2><title>Goal</title>
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Remove all cards from the Tableau.
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<sect2><title>Rules</title>
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Exposed cards in the Tableau are available for play. Build on the top card of
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Waste with cards ranked immediately above or below it from the Tableau,
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regardless of suit. Aces are ranked both above Kings and below Deuces.
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Tableau cards are made available when not covered by other cards.
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Cards can be flipped singly from Stock to the top of Waste.
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<sect2><title>Options</title>
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Multiplier Scoring: Points double for every card played in a run. A run
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of five cards will score 1, 2, 4, 16, and 32 points, for a total of 55
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points. Bonuses are worth 25 points. No points are deducted for playing
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a card from the stock to the waste.
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Progressive Rounds: After all cards have been cleared from the tableu,
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a new round begins. The score from the last round carries over into the
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<sect2><title>Scoring</title>
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The score for each card played is equal to the number of cards your have
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played since the last card flipped from the Stock to the Waste. The longer
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the run, the higher your score.
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5 points are deducted when you flip a card from Stock to Waste. Each
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triangle peak cleared will give a 15 point bonus, and an additional 15
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points are awarded when all the cards have been cleared from the Tableau.
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Maximum possible score for a single round: 466
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