Game Screens - Hand Selection
(Advanced Game Only) The Hand Selection screen allows each player to choose their starting hand of five tiles from their available pool of twenty tiles.
When multiple human players are competing locally on the same computer, a privacy screen will hide this screen in between turns so that players will not be able to see each other’s hands.
| Screen Controls |
Description |
| Captured Pieces |
Not active on this screen. |
| Current Player |
Displays the name of the current player. On the Hand Selection screen, this should always be you. |
| View Board |
Not active on this screen. |
| Playable Tiles |
This is your “hand” of tiles, which will be populated with the tiles you select from the available tiles. If you change your mind about a tile you have selected, you may click that tile here and it will return to your pool of available tiles. |
| Tiles Left to Draw |
This shows the number of tiles remaining for you to select in order to complete your hand selection. Once this number is “0” then your hand has been fully selected. |
| Chat Log |
Use the chat to communicate between players while selecting hands. |
| Chat Text |
Enter a message to send to the other connected players. |
| Send |
Send your chat message to all connected players. |
| Available Tiles |
This shows the pool of all twenty tiles available to you throughout the game. You will need to click on five of these tiles to add them to your hand. |
| Random |
If you prefer, you can click the Random button to select tiles at random from the pool of available tiles to fill your hand. |
| Continue |
Once you have selected five tiles, then you may select “continue” to complete your hand selection and move on to City Configuration (or to the next local player if you have multiple local players). |
| Player Statuses |
This displays the status of the other players in selecting their hands. Once they have completed their hand selection, then their crests will be displayed and their status will change to “ready.” All players must complete their hand selections before the game can begin configuring the cities. |