User Interface - Round Recap

The round recap shows detailed information about each player's hand, the discards, and the actions taken by each player.
This overview is divided into several sections:

Round Scores - shows the final results of the round, and the cards held by each player
- Turn Index and Deal - Index to game turns, and the initial cards dealt
- Turn detail - The detailed turn for each player

Round Scores

This section displays the status at the end of the round: The cards, scores, and ranking for the round, as well as the melds that have been played.

Sample of the round summary portion of the recap page, showing final hands and melds:

In this example, 'Robot-3' won the round, 'ann' only had one cards left, and 'Robot-1' had several and incurred many penalty points. The final status of melds is also displayed.

Game Replay - Turn Index

Links to the turns in the game, or to the latest plays, along with the initial deal:

Sample of the index of round turns and the beginning entries of the first round:

This shows the cards dealt to each player at the start of the round, plus some initial moves:

Turns

At the beginning of each turn, any existing melds are displayed.

Sample of a turn showing the melds that have been played so far and some of the actions and discard errors:

The arrows (< and >) next to the turn number allow you to jump to the next or previous turn. The played melds at that time (if any), are also shown. Each player's actions are shown in detail.

Each line shows the player's icon, their cards, the action they took, the cards involved, and any meld that was created or modified.

In the example above, Robot-1 discards the 8, and Ann takes it. She then played her two sets of three. Note that the 'X' in her icon changes to a checkbox to show that she has met the minimum for the round. She then attempts (twice) to discard a card that could play (a 'rummy'), then chooses another card that cannot play. However, the 'Play Protect' option was enabled and told her that she had some possible plays.

Recaps can be very useful and informative. They can be a great way to learn some of the strategy involved in the game, and perhaps answer some 'what-if' questions. Although the robot players aren't very smart, they seem to make some pretty good evaluations enough of the time.

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