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Pyramid
Solitaire Instructions
Overview
Note:
Due to an inconsistency in the way Java 1.0 handles overlapping, some older
browsers might display the pyramid incorrectly. If the bottom halves of
the cards are visible with only the top card seen in its entirety, click
on the Options button, then click the checkbox labeled reverse layering
and then click OK to layer the cards in the pyramid correctly.
The goal
of Pyramid solitaire is to eliminate the entire deck by finding pairs
of cards which total thirteen (Kings are eliminated singly). At the start
of the game, only the cards in bottom row of the pyramid are available.
The other rows in the pyramid become accessible as the cards below them
are removed. The cards which are not in the pyramid are cycled throught
one at a time.
Layout
There are three
areas of the screen:
- Pyramid
The pyramid initially contains 28 cards arranged in seven rows. A card
cannot be removed from the pyramid if it is covered by another card.
Two cards must be removed to access the cards in the upper rows in the
middle of the pyramid, but the cards in the sides of the pyramid only
need one removal to become available.
- Stock/Waste
Pile The stock is located in the upper left corner of the screen
with the waste pile below it. Rightclicking anywhere on the screen or
clicking twice on the stock will move the card on top of the stock to
the waste pile and display the next card in the stock. The card on top
of the waste pile is available.
- Discard
Pile The discard pile is located on the right side of the screen
below the button panel. Pairs of cards which total 13 (and kings) are
moved to this stack. The game is won when all 52 cards are in this pile.
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Game
Play
The following
actions represent valid moves: <OL>
- Clicking
on a king (rank == 13) will move it to the discard pile.
- To remove
a pair of cards whose rank totals 13, click on the first card, then
the second card and both cards will be moved to the discard pile. (Jacks
have a rank of 11, Queens 12).
- Rightclicking
anywhere on the screen or clicking twice on the stock will move the
card currently on top of the stock to the waste pile. If the stock is
empty, the cards in the waste pile will be transferred to the stock
and another pass through the cards will be made if a redeal is available.
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:
Number of Redeals
- This
option determines the number of times the cards outside the pyramid
and discard pile can be cycled through after the intial pass. A
redeal occurs when the stock is empty and all the cards in the waste
pile are moved to the stock, beginning another pass through the
cards. The default is no redeals.
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Reverse Layering
- This
checkbox does not affect gameplay but is used to fix a problem which
might be encountered in older browsers as explained in the note
above. This option should not be set if the pyramid is displayed
properly.
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