5. Game Setup
You come to the Game Setup screen after you click Create in the Create New Table screen.
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At left you see your player name at the top of the list of four players.
If you created a Public table, you may see other players' names as they join your table. If you created a Private table, your friend(s) will join after you send them a code that the game will give you.
The Chat button lets you and the other real people at your table communicate by typing. All players must turn Chat on, in order to see what others are saying. The Chat window is movable and resizable.
At the right side of the screen you see the table's settings (selected when you Created the table). If those aren't the settings you wanted, you can exit Game Setup by clicking "Leave Match."
You may add up to three AI bot players by clicking "Add Bot." Click Add Bot, select a bot type, click Add, then repeat until all four player seats are filled.
The different Bots are:
As you might expect, the Beginner is the weakest player, and Advanced is the strongest.
Players who are joining the game also see the Game Setup page while the host is setting up, but some of the controls are not shown, since only the host can choose bots and start the match.
Once you have a player seated in all four seats, you may press Start Match to start the game.
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You come to the Game Setup screen after you click Create in the Create New Table screen.
At left you see your player name at the top of the list of four players.
If you created a Public table, you may see other players' names as they join your table. If you created a Private table, your friend(s) will join after you send them a code that the game will give you.
The Chat button lets you and the other real people at your table communicate by typing. All players must turn Chat on, in order to see what others are saying. The Chat window is movable and resizable.
At the right side of the screen you see the table's settings (selected when you Created the table). If those aren't the settings you wanted, you can exit Game Setup by clicking "Leave Match."
You may add up to three AI bot players by clicking "Add Bot." Click Add Bot, select a bot type, click Add, then repeat until all four player seats are filled.
The different Bots are:
- Beginner: Does not consider multiple hand options; eager to make exposures; moves seem random.
- Advanced: Tries to play as well as possible.
- Cagey: Prefers not to expose jokers.
- HighScorer: Prefers to make hands worth more than 25 points.
- Open: Avoids Concealed hands.
- Gardener: Prefers to make hands with flowers; is more reluctant to discard flowers.
- Defensive: Pays close attention to others' exposures so as not to throw a win.
As you might expect, the Beginner is the weakest player, and Advanced is the strongest.
Players who are joining the game also see the Game Setup page while the host is setting up, but some of the controls are not shown, since only the host can choose bots and start the match.
Once you have a player seated in all four seats, you may press Start Match to start the game.
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