Audio tutorials

Here are a few audio files to help you get started playing as well as give some tips and strategies for the games:

Quick overview of site

This is a really quick overview of how the site is used, a great place to start if your not sure how all this works.
Quick overview of site

Hold Em Tutorials

This is an overview of hold em to get you started
Hold Em overview
This tutorial gives some basic strategy for playing hold em.
Hold Em strategy and tips

Euchre Tutorials

This first audio tutorial is an introduction to the game and the interface.
It also includes an example of a game so you can see how the game flows.
Introduction to Euchre
One of our members, April, an experienced Euchre player was kind enough to create this strategy guide for us:
Euchre strategy guide

Hearts tutorials

Getting started with hearts

Spades tutorials

This one is an intro with a bit of strategy as well during an example game:
Spades introduction

Card room >> F A Q

Each question is a header listing, so you can quickly navigate between questions with the h key using most screenreaders

Q: How do I turn typing interrupt off in jaws to make the games not interrupt when I type?

A: This is a very good thing to do in all games, so you don't miss game play or chat while pressing keys.
A lot of folks don't have this turned off, and end up having to check what was played, check game chat, etc a lot needlesly.
I have created a really quick audio tutorial for this, fire up one of the games, and start the tutorial and you'll have it set up in less than a minute.
How to turn typing interrupt off in jaws

Q: I am new to these card games, how do I find out how they are played?

A: I have provided a section of audio tutorials for those folks getting started with the card games, these tutorials will walk you through both the rules of each game as well as the interface for each game, as well as providing some playing tips along the way.. You can find the tutorials above.

Q:How do I join the mailing list for the card games?

A: The mailing lists are an excellent source of information about the games, as well as a place to find others to play with. There are links to each mailing list at the bottom of the instructions page for each game found on the instructions page.

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Q: How do I get others to join my game?

A: You can use either the mailing list or the game message board to post information about your game.
When pposting your info, be sure to include any relevant game information, such as the buy in amount for a sit and go hold em game, and most importantly the date and time of your game. Use eastern standard time for the game time, so everyone is on the same page regarding when to join the game.
For example, if I had a 100 point hearts game starting at 3PM eastern, I would post this:
100 Point hearts game at 3PM eastern, table name is Eat your hearts out

Q: Can I use my screenreader to voice the games?

A: Yes you can if you are using jaws ,window eyes, or system access.
In the game, press f11, this will open up a choice of screenreaders, press 1 for SAPI, 2 for jaws, 3 for window eyes, or 4 for system access.
The game will remember your settings for the next time you play