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Calculation
Instructions
Overview
While Calculation
has the usual goal of arranging the entire contents of the deck in four
stacks of thirteen cards, the suits of the cards in these stacks is irrelevant.
Instead, the four stacks accept cards whose ranks differ by a specified
interval. Even though the computer calculates the accepted sequences of
cards, the game is still extremely challenging.
Layout
There are three
areas of the screen:
- Deck
The deck is spread out on the left side under the button panel. Only
the top card of the deck is face up and accessible.
- Destination
Stacks The destination stacks are located in the middle column of
the layout. The ranks the top stack accepts differ by one, and the difference
in the lower stacks is two, three and four. A list of the ranks accepted
by the stack runs along the sides of the stack. The listing begins at
the bottom of the left side and continues at the bottom of the right
side. The rank which the stack currently accepts is highlighted. The
destination stacks accept any card with the desired rank regardless
of its suit.
- Waste
Piles The four waste piles are located in the right column of layout.
A waste pile can accept any card and can contain an unlimited number
of cards. Transferring cards between discard piles is not allowed. The
only way to remove a card from a waste pile is to move its top card
to a destination stack.
Game Play
To move a card,
click on the card (which will highlight it) and then click on the destination.
The following are valid moves:
- A card
can be moved from the top of the deck or a waste pile to a destination
stack if the card has the desired rank. Rightclicking on a card will
attempt to move it to a destination stack.
- A card
can be moved from the deck to any waste pile
Tips
- Play
with a high number of cards initially in the destination stacks until
you have a feel for the game's strategies.
- Try to
build reverse sequences in the discard piles.
- Consider
reserving a waste pile solely for kings, because the cards under a king
cannot be accessed until a stack is almost complete.
Buttons
Clicking on
these buttons will perform the following actions:
- New
Game
- Begin
a new game after shuffling the deck
- Restart
- Return
to the original state of the current game
- Undo
- Return
to the condition before the previous move was made
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Options
- Bring
up a window with the following options:
-
Initial # of Cards
- This
sets the number of cards which are initially in the destination
stacks. The default is one. Increasing this number will make the
game easier to win.
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