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- A computer player is indicated by a digit at the end of their name
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- (their skill level). If the "Tell Computer to Move" option is ticked
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- then a computer player will only make a move after you click on the
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- MOVE button or hit the enter key.
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- If you are the current player then move your cards one at a time
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- from the rack to the board by clicking and dragging with the mouse
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- (see the Helpful Hints topic for how to move many cards at once).
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- As cards are added to the board, CrossCards calculates and shows
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- the potential score. "?" is displayed if the move is illegal.
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- Legal moves are made by placing cards on the board in a horizontal
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- or vertical line with no intervening empty squares. The very first
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- move must cover the indicated starting square. For all other moves,
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- at least one card must be placed next to a card from a previous move.
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- When you have finished, click on the DONE button or hit the enter key.
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- At that point you will be asked to specify a card for each joker used.
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- CrossCards will warn you if you attempt to make an illegal move.
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- Note that you can select "Return to Rack" from the Cards menu
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- to return all cards to your rack (or just hit the return key).
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- @BReplacing cards
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- If you cannot make a hand (or if you prefer not to make one) then
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- you can replace one or more cards, but only if there are 8 or more
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- cards remaining. The score for such a move is 0.
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- To throw back ALL your cards, select "Throw All Back" from the
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- Cards menu. This also ends your move.
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- If you only want to throw back a few cards then simply drop them in
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- the "Cards remaining" box — it will show the cards to be replaced.
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- If you change your mind, just click in the box to put the last card
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- back in your rack. Click on the DONE button when you have finished.
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- @BPassing
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- If you cannot make a hand and there aren't enough cards left to
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- throw any back then you will have to pass. Simply click on the DONE
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- button or hit the enter key. The score for a pass is 0.
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- @BThe end of the game
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- Play continues until there are no cards left and one player has used
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- all of their cards, or until all players have passed. The winner is
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- the player (or players) with the highest total score.
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