Full house           20     (2 of a kind plus 3 of a kind, or vice versa)

   Flush                   30    (all 5 cards in one suit)

   Straight              40    (5-card sequence with two or more suits)

   Five of a kind      50    (all 5 cards with same value)

   Straight flush     70    (any other 5-card sequence in one suit)

   Royal flush        100    (A,K,Q,J,10 or 10,J,Q,K,A in one suit)



using 5 cards to make a bonus hand:

that take best advantage of special multiplier squares, and by

Players maximize their score by placing cards in board locations



   - Straight (5 cards in increasing or decreasing order).

   - Flush (5 cards in one suit).

   - Full house (pair plus triple, or triple plus pair).

   - Two pairs.

   - 2, 3, 4 or 5 cards with the same value.



make one or more Poker hands:

Players take it in turns to place up to 5 cards on the board to

Jokers only have a value of 0 but can represent any other card.

certain value (with Jack = 11, Queen = 12, King = 13 and Ace = 14).

Each player has a rack containing up to 8 cards.  Every card has a



The starting player is also chosen at random.

random set of cards for each player and begin a new game.

When you click on the New Game button, CrossCards will select a

for each computer player, ranging from 0 (novice) up to 9 (expert)

combination of human or computer players.  Choose a skill level

Use the "Choose Players" item in the File menu to select any



Scrabble and Poker — so it's quite easy to learn.

CrossCards is a unique combination of two very familiar games —