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<sect1 id="Kings_Audience"><!--<sect1info>
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<holder>Zach Keene</holder>
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<firstname>Zach</firstname>
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<surname>Keene</surname>
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<address><email>zjkeene@bellsouth.net</email></address>
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<title>King's Audience</title>
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<para>Written by Zach Keene</para>
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<sect2><title>Setup</title>
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<tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
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<entry>Type of Deck</entry>
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<entry>Standard Deck</entry>
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<entry>Reserves (Antechamber)</entry>
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The outer rectangle of sixteen cards. Cards in the reserve are
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available to play, and are replenished from the Waste
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(or the Stock if no cards are currently in the Waste.)
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Left slot in the center row. Cards are dealt one at a time to the
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Waste. There is no redeal.
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Slot to the right of the Stock. The top card of the Waste is
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<entry>"Thrones"</entry>
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Top four slots in the "audience chamber" (the area inside the
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surrounding sixteen cards.) Whenever a King and Queen of the same
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suit are available, they can be move to one of these
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<entry>Foundations</entry>
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Bottom four slots in the audience chamber. Whenever a Jack and an
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Ace of the same suit are available, they can be moved to an empty
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Foundation slot, with the Jack on top. The foundation then may be
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<sect2><title>Goal</title>
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Move all cards to the foundation piles or thrones.
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<sect2><title>Rules</title>
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Deal cards one at a time from Stock to Waste. Whenever a King and Queen of
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the same suit are available, they can be moved into a throne slot by either
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by dragging the King onto the Queen (or vice versa) or double clicking either
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card. Whenever a Jack and Ace of the same suit are available, they can be
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moved into a foundation slot in the same manner.
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<sect2><title>Scoring</title>
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Each card placed in the audience chamber receives one point.
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Maximum possible score: 52
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<sect2><title>Strategy</title>
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None; King's Audience is pretty much entirely based on luck.