How to play :

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Options
Create new players
To start a game:
The game:
End of a round:
End of the game:




Options : 

1) Create new players

2) Sound : lets you enable or disable sounds
    (this option is saved )

3) Print game sheets : do you want to play with real dices ? Then, print some scoreboards (4 per sheet ).
    Also note that the current "Look and Feel"  (see option 4) , will affect the graphical style of the printed boards.
    Printed boards each display 6 columns (boards for six rounds games).

4) Change "Look and Feel": depending on your computer and its operating system, several distinct "looks"
    are available.
     (this option is saved )

Create new players

To create new players, go into the options menu, click on players.
The "add" tab allows you to create a new player.
Enter his/her name into the allocated slot.
Select a colour for this player by clicking on.... 
Click on ok to validate your choice.
The new name is now saved and can be used in subsequent games.

To start a game:

To start a new game, go into the game menu, click on new game…
You then have the possibility to start a game with 1 to 4 players and up to 16 rounds.
You can also choose to play against players managed by the computer, as well as “human” players.

If you select  the "Multiple Yahtzee" game mode, a player achieving the Yahtzee can replay immediately, provided that he/she scores into Yahtzee, and that the Yahtzee slot is not yet locked.
Then, his/hers Yahtzee slot won't be locked, thus letting him/her score Yathzee multiple times, if he/she acheives
it more than once.
With this game mode, you can really get very high scores.

Please also note that "CPU" means computer player.

The game:

Each player plays according to the order chosen.

When it is your turn, you first have to click on your name above the dices in order to unlock the roll.

You can then throw the dice 3 times.

Between each of these throws, you can select the dice you wish to throw again by clicking on them. These dice then turn grey (the others remain coloured).

A button lets you select all dices, then deselect all dices .
 

After your 3 throws, or as soon as you wish to, you can select one of the slots on the score board.

The next player should then start to play, following the same rules.

*: Beware, with the "Multiple Yahtzee " game mode ,a player achieving the Yahtzee will replay , provided that
the Yahtzee slot has not been locked yet, and that this player actually scores into this slot.
(the Yahtzee slot won't be locked, letting this player later score some more Yahtzee )

Coloured tabs:

You can find, at the bottom of the screen, each player’s name and colour. For each game, you can, by clicking on the colour, change it for the length of the game.

n.b.:

The colour designated for each player is allocated by chance. As a result, it may happen that the colours used are too similar to one another.
During a game, you may actually change a player's colour at any time.
Note as well that a high score will enter the “high-score list” with the colour the player used for that game.

End of a round:

At the end of a round, the top panel shows a graph of the progression of each player during the game, using their allocated colour.
A flag indicates who has won each round.
Each player’s score is recorded in the score panel, as well as their average so far in this game.

n.b.:
 a score above 300 pts is highlighted in red in classical game mode.
a score above 330 pts is highlighted in red in "multiple Yahtzee" game mode.



End of the game:

At the end of the game, a panel appears, showing who has won, according to the number of rounds won or according to average scores in case of a draw.




High scores:

Select scores, click on high scores:
A table shows the 50 last best scores.
Click on “Delete all ” to delete all the scores, and indicate if you wish to take into account scores from the computer or only scores from human players.