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<sect1 id="Monte_Carlo"><!--<sect1info>
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<holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
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<firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
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<surname>Yuen</surname>
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<address><email>zana@webwynk.net</email></address>
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<title>Monte Carlo</title>
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<para>Written by Rosanna Yuen</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 dealt after concatenating
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the Tableau onto the empty slots.
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<entry>Tableau</entry>
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Five by five grid, each capable of holding one card.
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One card dealt to each space at the beginning of game. Empty
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spaces can be filled by moving cards from the right to the
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left, from the leftmost card of the row below to the rightmost
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space, and from the Stock to all otherwise empty spaces by
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clicking on the Stock.
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<sect2><title>Goal</title>
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<sect2><title>Rules</title>
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Cards can be removed in pairs that have the same value as long as
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the two cards are touching horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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At any point that there are empty piles in the Tableau, dealing from
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the Stock moves all the cards already in the Tableau from the right
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to left and moving them up a row to the far right if necessary
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making all the empty slots at the end. The Stock is then dealt on
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<sect2><title>Scoring</title>
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Each pair of cards removed scores two points.
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Maximum possible score: 52
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<sect2><title>Strategy</title>
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Keep an eye out as to how the Tableau will shrink when you deal.
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Sometimes leaving pairs in will allow more pairs to become available
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