Game Chooser
In order to play a game, you have to find or create one. The page normally looks like this:
This page includes:
- Menu bar - shown on most pages
- Message area - displays informational messages
- Available Games - shows any games scheduled or needing players, as well as your in-progress games that you can rejoin
- Create a Game - select options for playing a game or restoring game settings
Menu
The top of the screen shows the main menu, which provides many useful options.
This menu includes:
- Hell's Rummy - Select this to display the main game chooser page
- Recaps - shows recent games you've played, allowing a full view of what happened
- Stats - shows statistics for recent games
- Settings - Customize your icon and your settings
- Help - Menu of game rules and examples
- Alerts - Highlighted if there are new messages, and past messages can also be accessed
- Your icon - The symbol representing you - click to customize it
- Logout - Securely ends your session
Available games
Games that are scheduled, that you are able to join, or rejoin, will appear in this section. This section automatically refreshes every few seconds.
This section will list any games accepting players, or if you want to rejoin (or quit) a game already in progress. Games scheduled for a future time are also displayed. Before joining a game, review the game options below.
Quitting a game
You can quit a game from the game menu screen at almost any time, however it will prevent it when you are in the middle of your turn (when the 'Discard' and 'Play' buttons are shown in the Actions area). When you press the 'Quit' button, the other players will be told of your departure and gameplay continues, skipping your seat. If there are no other human players, the game will end.
Creating a game
This section allows you to configure many aspects of a new game. If there is a game waiting with similar settings, you will join that game. The options are discussed next.
Game options
The options available for a game are as follows:
- Wait For allows you to indicate either the number of human players in the game, or a
period of time for the game to be available for others to join (the game will appear in their
Available Games section. Games can be scheduled for a time up to 24-hours
in advance.
The default is for solo play. - Min Players allows you to specify the total number of players, from 3 (default) to 10.
If this is less than the value selected for Wait For, it will be set to that number.
When a game starts, if there are more players than humans, the game will automatically create some automated "robot" players. This allows you to play the game by yourself, for fun and practice. - Rounds indicates the number of rounds in the game, from 1 to 5 (the default).
- Difficulty indicates the number of cards, and the combination needed to meet the minimum
requirement for the first round. Each additional round will increase the difficulty by one card.
The default is a difficulty of 6 (Two sets of three). - Expert Mode is not enabled by default, so players will have the option during the game to
get assistance with the 'Play Possibilities' in-game option. 'Play Possibilities' provides warnings, when
discarding, if there are possible plays that you may have not noticed.
Expert Mode does not allow players to use the 'Play Possibilities' option for the duration of the game.
The default is not enabled.
The Create button will match you to a similar game waiting for players, or create a fresh game. When in the game, press the 'Game Menu' button to return to this screen. You can rejoin active games from this page,
- Previous Configurations - buttons created for each recent game configuration, showing number of players (P), number of rounds (R), and the initial difficulty (D). Pressing the button places the appopriate values above the Create button.
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