If you have some free time, you can play some fun and exciting games. Windows provides several games you can play against the computer—Chess Titans (New!), FreeCell, Hearts, InkBall (New!), Mahjong Titans, (New!), Minesweeper, Purble Place (New!), Solitaire, and Spider Solitaire.
See “Playing Internet Games” on page 50 for information on playing games over the Internet against other players.
Did You Know?
You can get more information about playing each game in Help.Start the game, click the Help menu, and then click Contents or Help Topics.
Playing the Game
Game
Object is to
Chess Titans
Put your opponents’ king in checkmate. Each player has one king. As you capture your opponent’s pieces, strategize a way to capture the opposing king.
FreeCell
Stack the cards in the cells at the top in descending order, starting from any card, alternating the red and black cards.
Hearts
Score the lowest number of points, one point for each heart and 13 points for the Queen of Spades. You play a card to follow suit or a heart or the Queen of Spades when you can’t follow suit.
InkBall
Use the mouse or tablet pen, draw ink strokes to guide the balls into holes of the same color and to block balls from entering holes of a different color.
Mahjong Titans
Remove all the tiles from the board by finding matching pairs of free tiles. Mahjong is a form of solitaire that is played with tiles instead of cards.
Minesweeper
Uncover all the squares that don’t contain mines in the shortest amount of time. You use the numbers in the uncovered squares to determine which adjacent squares contain mines.
Purble Place
Teach colors, shapes, and pattern recognition.
Solitaire
Reveal all the cards that are turned face down by stacking them in descending order (alternating the red and black cards) on the lower piles, and stack them in ascending order from Ace through King by suit in the upper piles. You use the mouse to drag one card on top of another.
Spider Solitaire
Stack the cards by suit in one column in descending order.
Click the Start button, and then click Games.
Double-click the game you want.
Play the game.
When you’re done, click the Game menu, and then click a command to start a new game with the same or different players, or exit the game.
