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											Pinochle & Bezique by MeggieSoft Games 
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											14.4 
										
											MeggieSoft Games Pinochle & Bezique is a comprehensive 
implementation of the original Pinochle and Bezique 
card games (the two-player versions).   Play against 
an online opponent or against your computer.  Pinochle 
& Bezique has a rich user interface with many 
customizable visual, audio, and game options.  Six 
different computer opponent skill levels are available 
for when you are unable to get online, or just want to 
practice privately.  
Both are games of accumulating points from melding 
cards and winning tricks with the object of reaching 
the points target before your opponent.  Each round 
has two phases; the first of which is used to take new 
cards from the stock and to play melds, the second 
being the playing off of the remaining cards as 
tricks.  Points are scored for melds, and for winning 
tricks in phase two.  The standard set of melds in 
each game are optionally enhanced by commonly 
documented additional meld types.
The user interface, common to all MeggieSoft Games, 
supports both point-and-click and drag-and-drop mouse 
operations.  Features include: realistic animated card 
movement; right-click pop-up menus; a hint facility; a 
tutorial; automatic play; automatic save and restore 
of partly finished games; multiple-user scoreboards; a 
clean and uncluttered main window; status-bar shortcut 
buttons; and fully customizable main display font and 
wallpaper effects for the table and playing mat, and 
the card backs. 
										
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