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All American Gin Rummy is really 3 of the best Gin games in one!  It includes, ‘Standard Gin Rummy’, ‘Hollywood Gin’, and ‘Oklahoma Gin Rummy’.

This is yet another in a line of products we call our ‘’InterSoft Series”.  Each of these products looks and feels as smooth as this one, so keep an eye open for them.  And remember visit our web site for our latest product releases.

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Match Play

Starting A Match

To start a new match, from the ‘Game’ menu, click on the ‘Match’ menu item or click the toolbar button. This will display the Match Play dialog box.

First, enter a name you would like to be called by (the default is Player). This is the same name that will appear on the Tally Sheet, and is also the default session name used for any remote matches you play.

Next, select the type of match you would like to play.  There are three different games to choose from.  Each one is different and presents a different challenge.  Point matches continue until one player reaches the points specified.

Then select your opponent.  Selecting ‘Remote Play’ will start the sequence for connecting to an opponent when you actually start the match.  To play against the computer click any of the skill levels.

Now you are ready to start your match.  Press the ‘Start New Match’ button and the fun begins.  There is no end to a match.  Match play continues until you start a new match.  To end a remote match that you are connected to, select  the computer as an opponent or click on the ‘Remote Play’ box.

Playing A Match

Once you’ve started a new match, match play continues until you either quit playing or start a new match.  At the end of every game the Tally Sheet appears and displays the current match results.

Opening A Match

To open a match, from the ‘Game’ menu, click on the ‘Open’ menu item or click the toolbar button.    The match will be loaded right at the point you saved it at.  If it is a remote match and you are connected it will be also be loaded on your opponent’s computer also, so you can start right from there.

Saving A Match

To save a match, from the ‘Game’ menu, click on the ‘Save’ menu item or click the toolbar button.    The match will be saved at the point you are at in the game.

Tally Sheet

The Tally Sheet keeps track of game and match progress.  It is displayed after each game.  To view the tally sheet, from the ‘View’ menu, click on the ‘Tally Sheet’ menu item or click the toolbar button.


Game Play

Deal A Hand

To deal a hand from the ‘Game’ menu, click on the ‘Deal a New Hand’ menu item or click the toolbar button.

Gin Rummy Rules

Object

The object of each hand is to match all your cards.  You match cards by building runs of  3 or more cards (7 clubs, 8 clubs, 9 clubs), or by grouping 3 or more like value cards (4 hearts, 4 spades, 4 diamonds) together.

Card Order:

The order of cards starts with the Ace (worth 1 point) and goes up to 10 (worth 10 points).  Face cards are worth 10 points also.  They do not loop around from King to Ace.

Starting A Hand:

You start by either picking a card from the discard pile or by taking one from the remaining deck.  In either case you select a card, and then discard a less desired card.

Playing A Hand:

You continue to build your hand into groups of three or more until you can either ‘Knock’ or call ‘Gin’ which ends the hand.

Ending A Hand:

There are 2 ways to end a hand.  In either case you pick up a card, state your intention and discard it face down.

You end a hand by saying ‘Gin’ when all of the cards in your hand are in matched sets of three or more after you discard.

You can also end a hand by ‘Knocking’.  This is the same as ‘Gin’ except you can ‘Knock’ when you have 10 or less points in your hand after you discard.

IMPORTANT NOTE :

To ‘Knock’ pick up your discard card with your ‘RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON’ and then discard it.

Scoring

Hand Score

When you get ‘Gin’ you get 25 points plus all the unmatched card points from your opponents hand added to your ‘Game Score’.

When you ‘Knock’ your opponent gets to play off any of their unmatched cards on matches in your hand.  For instance of you had three 7’s and your opponent had an unmatched 7 then it would not be counted in the unmatched points total of your opponents hand.  The resulting difference of the two hands is then added to your Game Score.

If you knock and your opponents resulting total after playing off is less than or equal to your Hand Score, your opponent gets 25 points plus the points difference of the two hands added to their Game Score.  This is known as an ‘Undercut’.

In any case the software keeps score and always picks the best score possible for you.

Game Score

You play a game up to the points you selected  in ‘Match Play’(usually 100).

When someone’s Game Score reaches that total, their Box Score is added to their Game Score and the person with the most resulting points receives the difference of the two scores added to their ‘Grand Total’

Box Score:

Each hand results in a box score of some kind.  Your box score is a kind of bonus.  You get the following points added to your Box Score when the circumstances arise.

25 points for winning a hand.

100 points for winning a game.

100 points for s shutout.

Grand Total

The Winner of the match is the person with the most Grand Total points.

Playing The Different Games

Standard Gin Rummy

Use the rules stated above.

Hollywood Gin

Use the rules stated above.  The only difference is that you are playing three games at once.  The first time you win a hand it is only added to the first game.  The second time you win a hand it is added to the first and second game.  The third time you win a hand it is added to all three games and continues this way until all three games have been won.

Oklahoma Gin Rummy

Use the rules stated above.  The only difference is that the value of the first card turned over is the ‘Knock’ value.  So if it is a 5 you can only knock with 5 points or less.


Remote Play

Important Note:	All American Gin Rummy requires Microsofts DirectX / Direct Play support for all remote sessions.  If you don’t have it loaded on your machine you can download from them at no charge.  It provides all the underlying transport support.

All American Gin Rummy has support for DirectX 3.0.  If you have a newer  version of DirectX (5.0 or above), you must delete the file “dplayx.dll” found in the directory you installed this game in.  (usually “C:\WinGames.Inc\AllAmGin”).

Starting A Remote Match

To start a remote match, from the ‘Game’ menu, click on the ‘Match’ menu item or click the toolbar button. Then select ‘Remote Play’ as your opponent, and click the ‘Start New Match’ button.  The remote play dialog box will appear.  If the list box has no selections in it, then you need to load Microsofts DirectX / Direct Play.

One player then creates a session and waits for the other player to connect to that session. If you create the session your computer waits for a connection.  If you are connecting to a session, depending on the type session, you will be asked different types of connection questions.

Important Note:	For Internet play you should connect to your service provider before starting a remote session.  Once connected to your provider, you need to get the IP address you are at so you can tell your opponent what address to connect to.  You can see what address you are connected as by running the “WinIPcfg.exe” utility found in your windows directory.  Give this IP Address to your opponent so that they can use it to connect to you.  This address changes each time you connect to your service provider.

If you are connecting to a session, when a session is found the following Dialog box will appear.  Select the session you want and click the Ok button.  If no sessions are found it still appears but with no choices.  At that point you can rescan using the rescan button.

Once you are connected to a session, your ‘Chat Window’ will appear.  If for some reason you get disconnected or just quit playing by starting a new match, the ‘Chat Window’ will disappear.

Chat Window

This window allows you to talk to your opponent while you are connected.  Type your message and hit the return key.  You can toggle this window on and off even if you are not connected.  To do this, from the ‘View’ menu, click on the ‘Chat Window’ menu item or click the toolbar button.

Ending A Remote Match

To end a remote match and disconnect from an opponent, from the ‘Game’ menu, click on the ‘Match’ menu item or click the toolbar button. Then select ‘Remote Play’ as your opponent.  This will prompt you to disconnect from the remote session you are in.


Other Features

 	Sound

To toggle sound on and off, from the ‘Options’ menu, click on the ‘Sound’ menu item or click the toolbar button.

 	Music

To toggle music on and off, from the ‘Options’ menu, click on the ‘Music’ menu item or click the toolbar button.  There are seven MIDI selections included.  They play in a randomly started, curricular pattern.  If you want to replace any of them with your own MIDI selections, they are named Music1.mid - Music7.mid, and are in the installation directory of this product.

Table Designer

Use the table designer to design any type layout you like.  There are different materials to choose from along with every color your computer supports.  When you choose a different layout it is stored until you change it again.  You can also open or save a particular layout you like.


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