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<sect1 id="Kings_Audience"><!--<sect1info>
    <copyright>
      <year>2005</year>
      <holder>Zach Keene</holder>
    </copyright>
    <author>
      <firstname>Zach</firstname>
      <surname>Keene</surname>
    </author>
    <address><email>zjkeene@bellsouth.net</email></address>
  </sect1info>-->

  <title>King's Audience</title>

  <para>Written by Zach Keene</para>

          <sect2><title>Setup</title>


  <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
	<row>
	  <entry>Type of Deck</entry>
	  <entry>Standard Deck</entry>
	</row>
        <row>
          <entry>Reserves (Antechamber)</entry>
          <entry>
            The outer rectangle of sixteen cards. Cards in the reserve are
            available to play, and are replenished from the Waste 
            (or the Stock if no cards are currently in the Waste.)
          </entry>
        </row>
	<row>
	  <entry>Stock</entry>
	  <entry>
	    Left slot in the center row. Cards are dealt one at a time to the
            Waste. There is no redeal.
	  </entry>
	</row>
        <row>
          <entry>Waste</entry>
          <entry>
            Slot to the right of the Stock. The top card of the Waste is
            available to play.
          </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry>"Thrones"</entry>
          <entry>
            Top four slots in the "audience chamber" (the area inside the 
            surrounding sixteen cards.) Whenever a King and Queen of the same
            suit are available, they can be move to one of these
	    slots.
	  </entry>
	</row>
	<row>
	  <entry>Foundations</entry>
	  <entry>
            Bottom four slots in the audience chamber. Whenever a Jack and an 
            Ace of the same suit are available, they can be moved to an empty
            Foundation slot, with the Jack on top. The foundation then may be
            built down in suit.
	  </entry>
	</row>
      </tbody>
    </tgroup>
  </informaltable>

          </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Goal</title>

  <para>
    Move all cards to the foundation piles or thrones.
  </para>

          </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Rules</title>

  <para>
    Deal cards one at a time from Stock to Waste. Whenever a King and Queen of
  the same suit are available, they can be moved into a throne slot by either
  by dragging the King onto the Queen (or vice versa) or double clicking either
  card. Whenever a Jack and Ace of the same suit are available, they can be 
  moved into a foundation slot in the same manner.
  </para>

          </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Scoring</title>

  <para>
    Each card placed in the audience chamber receives one point.
  </para>
  <para>
    Maximum possible score:  52
  </para>

          </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Strategy</title>

  <para>
    None; King's Audience is pretty much entirely based on luck.
  </para>
        </sect2>
</sect1>
