Excalibur electronic VR15 - Manual (Page 19)

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Deadwood in the opponent's hand
Hand Points: total points earned in the hand
Layoff Points: value of Deadwood added to the Knocker's
Melds
Hands Won: total number of hands won
Total Points: total number of points earned; winner is the first
to reach 100
ONSCREEN FUNCTION KEYS
ROUND 1: Choose this icon to play
one round.
ROUND 5: Choose this icon to play
five rounds.
ROUND 10: Choose this icon to play
10 rounds.
RE-BET: Choose this icon to play the same rounds with the same
numbers.
EXIT: Choose this icon to exit the current game and return to
the game menu.
PLAYING KENO
On the Keno opening screen, the arrow icon points to
ROUND 1. Use the DIRECTIONAL KEYPAD and the A but-
Keno
WINNING TIP:
Play to knock as quickly as possible.
in a high sequence, such as 10-J-Q-K-A.
Players take turns drawing a card either from the stack or
the discard pile. Because you must always hold 10 cards in your
hand, when you take a card, you must discard one as well. The
discard card can be one of the cards already in your hand or the
one just chosen from the stack.
Players continue to draw and discard until one player
Knocks. To Knock is to end the hand by exposing your cards
grouped into Melds. You may, but are not obligated to, Knock
when the value of your Deadwood (unmelded cards) equals 10
or less. To determine this, count Aces as 1, number cards at their
face value, and face cards as 10. When you are able to Knock,
the computer will flash a Knock icon by your hand. You can
either select the Knock icon or continue to play the hand by
drawing a card from the stack or discard pile. When your oppo-
nent Knocks, his cards are displayed. The computer will auto-
matically Lay Off as much of your Deadwood cards as possible
(join your cards to the Knocker's melds, such as joining a 3 with
your opponent's 333, or adding 5 to A-2-3-4). Press A to go to
the scoring screen, which shows the following:
Deadwood: total value of unmelded cards
Deadwood Points: the difference between the value of the
winner's and loser's Deadwood, awarded to the winner
Undercut Bonus: if the Deadwood of the opponent is equal to
or less than the player who Knocks, the Knocker has been
"undercut," and the opponent earns the difference in points plus a
20 point bonus.
Gin Bonus: when a player has no Deadwood and all cards are
Melded; earns a 25 point bonus in addition to the value of the