Tablenette (Vers 1.0) --------------------- Developed for Christmas 1991. Tablenette is released into the Public Domain. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- However if you enjoy the game please give $10 or same in local currency to a childrens charity of your choosing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Game -------- Tablenette is a game for 2 players, in this case the computer and you. 6 cards are dealt to each player. 4 cards to the table, Jacks are not dealt to the table but placed on the bottom of the deck. Non dealer plays first. The object of the game is to remove cards from the table if possible. Cards can be removed if the following is true 1. Cards are of equal rank to the card played. A player may remove as many cards of equal rank as are on the table. 2. 2 cards add up to the same value as the card played. Card Values are 2-10 Face Value, Ace 1 or 11, Jack 12, Queen 13, King 14. (Note Jacks are special see later). A player may only remove 1 set of equal value cards, but can remove cards of equal rank at the same time. Points are scored as follows for removed cards(including played card): Ace, King, Queen, Jack 1 Point 10's(except 10 Diamonds) 1 point 2 clubs 1 point 10 Diamonds 2 points Removing all the cards from the table scores "Tablenette" and gains the player the face value of all cards involved. Examples: Table 10 Diamonds, 4 Spades, K Hearts, K Spades Player 3 Diamonds, 6 Hearts, K Clubs, 10 Clubs, 8 Diamonds, A Spades Alternative 1 --- Play 10 Clubs(remove 10 Spades) Points scored 10 Diamonds 2 10 Clubs 1 Total 3 Alternative 2 --- Play K Clubs(Remove All cards 10+4=14) Points Scored 10 Diamonds 2 K Spades 1 K Hearts 1 K Clubs 1 4 Spades 0 Tablenette 10 Diamonds 10 K Spades 14 K Hearts 14 K Clubs 14 4 Spades 4 Total 61 Therefore true object of the game is to clear the table as often as possible. If you cannot, or do not wish to play a card(i.e playing a card leaves only 1 high card on table, giving opponent high chance to score Tablenette) then a card must be played to table, at the end of the existing cards. Jacks A Jack when played clears the table, however it does not score Tablenette. This forces opponent to play a single card to table giving you a good chance to score Tablenette. Once both players have played their 6 cards, 6 more are dealt to each player until the deck is empty. When the last card in the deck is played any cards remaining on table are picked up by the player who last picked up from the table. If any player has pick up more than 27 cards 3 points are added to their score. When the deck is empty the player with the highest score over 251 wins. If no one has greater than 251 play continues with a new dealer. Tactics 1. Play Jacks early in hand 2. Try not to leave 1 high card on table (unless 2 or 3 are already played) 3. With 1 card on table if you have to discard then try to score 12(since Jacks are special no card can clear 12 and score Tablenette) or over 14. Method of Play in the game: To Play drag your card to any of the face up table cards. To Discard drag your card to the face down card. The Code -------- This game has been developed using MS Visual Basic and requires the following DLL's VBRUN100.DLL and VBCARDS.DLL both of which can be found on the CompuServe MSBASIC forum. The code is still under modification, but will be available later. The Warrenty ------------ There is None, use at your own risk. Bugs ---- We have played with the game for a while with no problems, however we are interested in stamping out the bugs as they arise, so if you get problems contact us via CompuServe mail as below. Suggestions and Improvements are also welcome. The Company ----------- Sycomp Limited 1 Stonecross St. Albans Herts, ENGLAND AL1 4AA Tel: UK (0727) 47806 Intl +44 727 47806 Fax: UK (0727) 834052 Intl +44 727 834052 Compuserve Mail: 100020,3472 We are specialist developers in the following areas:- Graphical and Client Server Systems using MS Visual Basic, MS Quick C/Win, IS/2, Applications Manager, MS SQL Server,ORACLE & IBM's Database Manager.