<chapter id="elevator">
<chapterinfo><copyright><year>1999</year><holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder></copyright>
<author><firstname>Rosanna</firstname><surname>Yuen</surname></author>
<address><email>rwsy@mit.edu</email></address></chapterinfo>
<title>Elevator</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 on
to 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.  </entry></row>
<row><entry>Tableau</entry><entry>
Deal face down seven overlapping rows starting with one card on the
first row, increasing by one per row and staggering the piles as to
achieve a pyramid.  Flip bottom row.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>

<bridgehead>Goal</bridgehead>
<para>
Move all cards to Waste.
</para>
<bridgehead>Rules</bridgehead>
<para>
All exposed cards in the pyramid are available for play.  Build on to
the Waste from these available cards whenever possible by playing a
card with a rank immediately above or immediately below the rack of
the top card in the Waste.  Aces are both above Kings and below Deuces.
</para>
<para>
Cards can be flipped singly from the Stock to the Waste.  There is no redeal.
</para>
<bridgehead>Options</bridgehead>
<para>None</para>
<bridgehead>Scoring</bridgehead>
<para>
Each card removed from the pyramid scores one point.
</para>
<para>
Maximum possible score:  28
</para>
<bridgehead>Strategy</bridgehead>
<para>
Every pyramid needs a strong foundation.  Get rid of the lower cards
first, with an eye out to try to expose as many cards as possible.
</para>
</chapter>
