Sultan  (Sultan of Turkey, Emperor of Germany)
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This game uses two card packs, the odds are in the players favour when
using eight divan bases, diminishing as the number of divan bases are
reduced.

Original game play taken from The Penguin Book of Patience By David Parlett.

MS Windows (TM) Version by John Gould (C) 1994,95

Layout
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A rectangle of nine card are initially dealt, the central King (the
Sultan) is surrounded by seven Kings and an Ace of hearts. These cards are
known as the harem. Two lines of cards are dealt either side of this nine
card layout, they form a reserve known are the divan. In this version
of the game the divan can consist of from two to eight cards. The default
value is eight cards. The options drop down menu selects the number of 
cards that form the divan.
To the right and top of the layout is the deal pack, with the discard pile
immediately below.

Object
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The sultan is not built upon, the Ace and other Kings are built upwards in 
suit to the Queens. (Kings immediately followed by Aces)

Any spaces vacated by cards placed from the divan on to the harem bases
must be replaced by cards from the discard or deal piles before further
cards can be moved to the discard pile. The game is complete when eight
Queens surround the sultan.

Play
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Click and drag to move cards. Click on the pack to deal cards, three at
a time during the first deal. Single cards are produced during the two
following re-deals. After the first deal the pack can be double clicked
to move cards from the deal to discard piles. The discard pile is
automatically shuffled before each of the two redeals.

Distribution
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You are granted the right to use and to make an unlimited number of
copies of this software. You may not disassemble, decompose, reverse
engineer, or alter this file or any of the other files in the package.
This includes, but is not limited to modifying any icons, menus, or
displays associated with the software.

This software is provided as FREEWARE and cannot be sold. This restriction
does not apply to connect time charges, or flat rate connection/download
fees for electronic bulletin board services. This software can not be
bundled with any commercial package without express written permission
from the author.

The author of this program accepts no responsibility for damages resulting
from the use of this product and makes no warranty or representation,
either express or implied, including but not limited to, any implied
warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This
software is provided "AS IS", and you, its user, assume all risks when
using it.

Future additions
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I must add the following, real soon...
An end game display. Reward for solving the patience!
Support for single card pack, currently on a double pack game is available.
Other suggestions please?

Bugs
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None that I know of!

History
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First public release

Version 1.b012 (build 12)   8th November 1995

Sultan.exe    44032 bytes.
Sultan1.txt    4128 bytes.
Cards.dll    148528 bytes.  (Microsoft(TM) card library file)

Self extracting archieve file Sultan1.exe


Removing the game from your system
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Delete sultan.exe, sultan1.txt, and the zip archive if you have not already
done so. Remove the sultan.ini file from the Windows directory.
If you have no other games that depend on the file cards.dll, remove
this file if you wish. The cards.dll file can be installed in either the
directory containing sultan or in the Windows(TM) directory.

No other files are modified or used in any way by the program. 


Please do not distribute these files separately, only distribute the
packed archive Sultan.zip

Available from the same author:- Constitution - A Windows card game.
Distribution file Constut3.zip.

Contacting the author:-

By mail
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John Gould
16, Hanmer Road.
Simpson Village,
Milton Keynes.
MK6 3AY
England. U.K. 

Internet
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johng@.ti.com