<chapter id="yield">
<docinfo><copyright><year>2001</year><holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder></copyright>
<author><firstname>Rosanna</firstname><surname>Yuen</surname></author>
<address><email>zana@webwynk.net</email></address></docinfo>
<title>Yield</title>
<para>written by Rosanna Yuen</para>
<bridgehead>Setup</bridgehead>

<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
<row><entry>Type of Deck</entry><entry>
Standard Deck</entry></row>
<row><entry>Stock</entry><entry>
Top left pile.  The rest of the deck is placed here after
dealing the Tableau.  Cards are turned over one at a time to Waste.  No
redeals.</entry></row>
<row><entry>Waste</entry><entry>
To be taken from Stock.  Top card and bottom card available for play.</entry></row>
<row><entry>Tableau</entry><entry>
Deal cards face up in seven overlapping rows starting with seven cards on the
first row, decreasing by one per row and staggering the piles as to
achieve an inverted pyramid.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>

<bridgehead>Goal</bridgehead>
<para>
Remove all cards.
</para>
<bridgehead>Rules</bridgehead>
<para>
All exposed cards in the pyramid are available for play.  Kings can be
removed singly.  All other cards can be removed in pairs that add up to
treize with Aces equal to 1, Jacks equal to 11, and Queens equal to 12.
</para>
<para>
Cards can be flipped singly from the Stock to the Waste.  Top and bottom
cards are available for play either by themselves or with the available
cards in the pyramid.  The top card of the Waste can also be played with
the second card on the Waste.  There is no redeal.
</para>
<bridgehead>Options</bridgehead>
<para>None</para>
<bridgehead>Scoring</bridgehead>
<para>
Each card removed scores one point.
</para>
<para>
Maximum possible score:  52
</para>
<bridgehead>Strategy</bridgehead>
<para>
Removing the bottom of the inverted pyramid is the hard part.  Once that
is achieved, it is sometimes better to remove cards from the Waste than
the inverted pyramid, as there are more cards in play there.
</para>
</chapter>
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