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  type="topic"
  id="newgame">
      
  <info>
    <title type="sort">1</title>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gametypes"/>
    <desc>Start and play a game.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.1" date="2010-01-10" status="draft"/>
    <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.2" date="2010-01-21" status="review"/>
   <credit type="author">
    <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
    <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
   </credit>
   <license>
     <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
   </license>
  </info>

  <title>Game session</title>
  
  <section id="game-start">
    <title>Start a new session</title>
    <p>
      To start a new game, do one of the following:
    </p>
    <list>
      <item>
        <p>
          Choose <guiseq><gui style="menu">Game</gui><gui style="menuitem">New Game</gui></guiseq>, and select
          the type of game to play.
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          Click on one of the buttons in the toolbar.
        </p>
      </item>
    </list>
    <p>
      The toolbar buttons have the following meanings:
    </p>
    <table frame="none" rules="none" shade="none">
      <tr>
        <td>
        <terms>
          <item>
            <title>All</title>
            <p>
              Starts a new game playing all the available game types.            
            </p>
          </item>
        </terms>
        </td>
        <td>
          <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/all-games.png">
            <p>
              All games button
            </p>
          </media>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
        <terms>
          <item>
            <title>Logic</title>
            <p>
              Start a new game playing only logic games.
            </p>
          </item>
        </terms>
        </td>
        <td>
          <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/logic-games.png">
            <p>
            Logic games button
            </p>
          </media>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
        <terms>
          <item>
            <title>Calculation</title>
            <p>
              Starts a new game playing only calculation games.
            </p>
          </item>
        </terms>
        </td>
        <td>
          <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/math-games.png">
            <p>
              Calculation games button
            </p>
          </media>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
        <terms>
          <item>
            <title>Memory</title>
            <p>
              Starts a new game playing only memory games.
            </p>
          </item>
        </terms>
        </td>
        <td>
          <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/memory-games.png">
            <p>
              Memory games button
            </p>
          </media>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
        <terms>
          <item>
            <title>Verbal</title>
            <p>
              Starts a new game playing only verbal analogy games.           
            </p>
          </item>
        </terms>
        </td>
        <td>
          <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/verbal-games.png">
            <p>
              Verbal games button
            </p>
          </media>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <note>
      <p>
        These descriptions also apply to the game types that you can select from
        the <gui style="menu">Game</gui> menu.
      </p>
    </note>
  </section>
  <section id="game-play">
    <title>Play a session</title>
    <note style="tip">
      <p>
        When you play a game, always read the instructions carefully!
      </p>
    </note>
    <p>
      The game session begins by showing you the problem and then asking for the answer.
      At the bottom of the window is the main set of controls that you can use to interact with the game.
    </p>
    <p>
      Once you know the answer to the problem, type it in the <gui style="input">Answer</gui>
      text entry and press <gui style="button">OK</gui>.
    </p>
    <p>
      To proceed to the next game, click <gui style="button">Next</gui>.
    </p>
    <note>
      <p>
        If you click <gui style="button">Next</gui> before completing the game,
        or without providing an answer, that game will be counted in your results.
      </p>
    </note>
  </section>
</page>
