<sect2 id="escalator">
<!--<sect2info>
  <copyright>
   <year>2001</year>
   <holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
  </copyright>
  <author>
   <firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
   <surname>Yuen</surname>
  </author>
  <address><email>zana@webwynk.net</email></address>
</sect2info>-->

<title>Escalator</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 up 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.
	  </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 are 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 Tableau scores one point.
  </para>
  <para>
    Maximum possible score:  28
  </para>
  <bridgehead>Strategy</bridgehead>
  <para>
  Try to plan ahead so that you can make runs in the future.  
  </para>
</sect2>
