<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic"
      id="start-game">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="keyboard-shortcuts"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="game-settings"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="settings"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="scores"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-06-13" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Rashi Aswani</name>
      <email its:translate="no">aswanirashi19@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2014</years>
    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />

    <desc>How to play?</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Start a new game</title>

  <p>You can start a new game anytime in between the game. To start a new
  game:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Tali</gui>
      <gui style="menuitem">New Game</gui></guiseq>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

<section id="play">
  <title>Play <app>Tali</app></title>

  <p>You have to roll the five dice three times and try to create a best hand.
  When the game starts, you see the results of the first throw of the dice.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Click on the dice you wish to roll. You can select all the dice to
      roll in the second or third roll by clicking <gui>Roll all!</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Roll!</gui> to roll the selected dice.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>When you have a hand you like or have run out of chances to throw
      the dice, click on a row corresponding to what you think is your best
      scoring combination. It is possible to have a score of zero and if you
      click on the wrong row, you will be scored accordingly.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note style="important">
    <p>You can only use each combination once, if you have chosen a scoring
    combination once, you can not choose the same again. There is one exception
    to this rule, if you roll a <gui>5 of a Kind</gui> a second time, you can
    place it in the <gui>5 of a Kind</gui> row again for fifty points. You can
    keep doing this each time you get another <gui>5 of a Kind</gui>.</p>
  </note>

  <note style="tip">
    <p>There is a bonus of 35 points if you score a total of 63 points or more
    in the top six rows.</p>
  </note>
</section>

</page>
