Card House Manual

Seven famous solitaires in one: Klondike, Trefoil, Freecell, Grandfather's Clock, Four Seasons, Yukon and Fortune's Favour. High resolution versions for Sony Clie, Tungsten T and HandEra handhelds available! Palm OS 5 compatible!

Important Note: if you do not see any pictures in this manual you have to unzip the package first and then open manual.htm with web browser.

Requirements
How To Install
Game Rules
Contact Us
Download
How To Buy
Distribution Policy
License

Requirements

Card House works on any Palm OS 3.1 (or above) compatible device including high-res devices such as Sony Clie or HandEra 330

How To Install

If you'd ever installed a Palm OS application you should experience no problems getting started this game. But to complete the manual we had to write about it:

Create a temporary folder on your hard disk drive (e.g., "C:\My Documents\Card House")
Unzip game ZIP archive to that temporary folder. You can use any unzip utility such as WinZip ( http://www.winzip.com/ ).
Start Palm Desktop application and click "Install" button
"Install Tool" window will appear. Click "Add" button, then browse to the temporary folder containing unzipped game. There you'll find a number of Palm Application files designed for different Palm OS devices. Please choose the appropriate version to install (refer to Compatibility Table for detailed info)
Also you need to install game addons if any. They are Palm Database files containing missions, levels or other data. If you do not see such files, they are not needed.
HotSync your handheld to complete the installation.

Table of compatibility

Important Notes:

Games designed for different device types are usually (but not always) placed in different folders inside the game ZIP archive. This table will help you to determine which version is the best for your Palm OS handheld. Please install the Appropriate version if available.
Some folders may be omitted in the distribution, this means you have to install files listed in the Compatible column
If you can't find your device in the list, try to install files from "Palm and Others" folder, choosing either Grayscale or Color versions, and please drop us a message including your device name and vendor

Devices	Appropriate	Compatible
Palm III, IIIe, VII Handspring Visor	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name
Palm IIIx, IIIxe, V, Vx, VIIx, m100, m105, m500 Handspring Visor Edge, Visor Platinum, Treo 180 TRGPro Sony Clie PEG-S300	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name
Palm IIIc, m125, m505, m515 Handspring Visor Prism, Treo 270	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Color" suffix in the file name	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name "Palm and Other" folder , game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name
Sony Clie PEG-N7xxC, PEG-T6xxC	"Clie 320x320" folder, game file with "_Clie_Color" suffix in the file name	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name "Palm and Other" folder , game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name "Clie 320x320" folder, game file with "_Clie_Gray" suffix in the file name
Sony Clie PEG-T4xx	"Clie 320x320" folder, game file with "_Clie_Gray" suffix in the file name	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name "Palm and Other" folder , game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name
HandEra 330	"HandEra 330" folder, game file with "_HandEra" suffix in the filename.	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name "Palm and Other" folder , game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name
All color devices running Palm OS 5 (Palm Tungsten T, SONY PEG NX70V)	"PalmOS 5" folder, game file with "_PalmOS5" suffix in the filename.	"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Color" suffix in the file name

Game Rules

Klondike

The objective is to move all cards to the foundations.

Layout:

One Deck (52 cards). Tap on the deck to play the topmost card onto the waste pile.
When the deck is empty, it will move all cards from the waste back to the deck.
One or three Waste pile(s) (depending on settings), filled by clicking the deck. Cards from here may be played onto the Foundations and Tableaux. You may not play any card onto the waste pile(s).
Four Foundation piles, initially empty. Start building by moving an Ace to the empty foundation, followed by 2, then 3 and so on until King. Each foundation accepts cards of the same suit in ascending order only (UP IN SUIT).
Seven Tableau piles, initially dealt between 1 and 7 cards. The top card of each Tableau is face-up. Cards can be played onto the tableaux if they are one rank below and of a different color (DOWN IN ALTERNATE COLOR) than the topmost card of the pile.
To move cards between tableaux or to send an Ace to the foundation, drag-and-drop them to the appropriate location. Playing a King onto it may only fill an empty tableau.

FreeCell

Four FreeCells, initially empty. Any card may be played onto a FreeCell, but each FreeCell may hold only one card.
The FreeCells are used as temporary storage areas while arranging the Tableaux.
All cards in the Tableau are face-up. Cards can be played onto the tableaux if they are one rank below and of a different color (DOWN IN ALTERNATE COLOR) than the topmost card of the pile. Groups of cards cannot be moved. Playing any card onto it may fill an empty tableau.

Trefoil

Foundations: build up in suit from Ace to King (Ace, 2... 10, Jack... King).
Tableau (16 fans of 3 cards each): build down in suit (for example Jack of hearts can be played on Queen of hearts only).
Each top card of a pile can be played to another tableau (up to 5) or to the foundation.
Spaces are not filled.
After all possible moves have been made, push 'Redeal' button.
Two redeals are available.

Grandfather's clock

To move all the cards to the foundations (the 'Clock').

Foundations (12 piles: the 'Clock'. Complete these piles to win the game):

Build up in suit from the base card until the top card of each foundation shows the number corresponding to its position on a clock face (the 'hour' in a clock in that position). For example, the 3 of hearts at the bottom would build up to the 6 of hearts (6 o'clock).
Jack equals 11 o'clock and Queen equals 12 o'clock.
Ranking of cards is continuous: build Aces after Kings when necessary.
All the piles will require 3 cards, except the Ten, Jack, Queen and King, which will require 4 cards each.

Tableau (8 columns of 5 cards each):

Build down regardless of suit (for example, a 5 of spades can be played on a 6 of any suit).
The top card of each pile is available for play to another tableau pile or to the foundations.
Only one card at a time can be moved.
Spaces may be filled with any available card.

Four Seasons

The card in the top left corner of the layout becomes the first foundation. Called the starting card or base card, it changes relating to any shuffle.
The other three corners are the remaining foundations. Each corner is a different suit. Cards of the same rank as the first foundation need to be placed there.

Foundations (4 piles, corners of layout: complete these piles to win the game):

Build up in suit (for example, a 5 of hearts can be played on a 4 of hearts ) from the base card to the rank just below the base card until each pile contains 13 cards.
Ranking of cards is continuous: build Aces after Kings when necessary.

Reserve (5 piles, forming a cross in the layout):

Build down regardless of suit (for example, a 5 of spades can be played on a 6 of any suit ).
Ranking of cards is continuous: build Kings after Aces when necessary.
The top card of each pile is available for play to another reserve pile or to the foundations.
Spaces may be filled with any available card.

Stock

Turn up one card at a time from the stock to the waste by tapping.
There is no redeal.

Waste (1 pile)

The top card is available for play to the foundations or to the reserve.

Yukon

Foundations (4 piles: complete these piles to win the game):
Build up in suit from Ace to King (for example, a 2 of hearts can be played only on an Ace of hearts ).
Tableau (7 columns):

Build down in alternating colors (for example, a 10 of spades can be played on a Jack of hearts ).
Ranking of cards is not continuous: an Ace may be built only on a 2, not on a King.
The top card of each column is available for play to another tableau column or to the foundations.
Any face-up card, no matter how deep it is in a column, may be moved to make a build. All the covering cards are moved with it as a unit.
Spaces may be filled only with a King, a King-sequence or a King with any overlapping cards.

Fortune's Favor

Object of the game: to move all the cards to the foundations.
Foundations (4 piles: complete these piles to win the game):

The four Aces are placed in a row to become the foundations.
Build up in suit from Ace to King (for example, a 2 of hearts can be played only on an Ace of hearts).

Tableau (12 piles in 2 rows of 6 cards each):

Build down in suit (for example, a 10 of spades can be played only on a Jack of spades).
The top card of each pile is available for play to another tableau pile or to the foundations.
Only one card at a time can be moved.
Spaces are automatically filled from the stock or the waste.

Stock:

Turn up one card at a time from the stock to the waste by clicking.
There is no redeal.

Waste (1 pile): The top card is available for play to the foundations or to the tableau.

Contact Us

There are several ways to contact us for support, or other issues (sales, press, to talk about games, PDAs, and so on). But before you send us email we ask you to check our website for information you request - this is the fastest way to get reply :-). Anyway we would highly appreciate your emails:

WWW: http://www.palm-games.com
Support requests: support@palm-games.com
Sales and partnership: sales@palm-games.com

Download

The latest version of Card House is always available by direct link at

http://www.palm-games.com/files/cards.zip

We welcome you to download other games at

http://www.palm-games.com/download/

How To Buy

To remove the limitations of demo version you should pay a small registration fee. On the day of writing this file the price is $9.95.

The registration service is provided by Handango

To order Card House CLICK HERE and enter 16557 in the Program ID field.

To order Hot Games Pack that includes all games by TB Labs CLICK HERE and enter 11738 in the Program ID field.

Distribution Policy

Demo version of SOFTWARE PRODUCT is distributed as SHAREWARE. Unregistered shareware may be freely distributed, provided the distribution package is not modified. No person or company may charge a fee for the distribution of SOFTWARE PRODUCT without written permission from the copyright

License Agreement

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