# Network Games

&appname; support networked multiplayer games which is provided by GGZ Gaming Zone. By connecting to a &appname; server on the Internet, you can challenge other players in multiplayer games. For news, updates and a list of servers to connect to, see the gnome-games website.

To start the multiplayer game of &appname;, select Game Network Game on the &appname; menu.

## Connecting to a &appname; network server

The &appname; connection dialog is shown initially when starting a new network game. This dialog allows you to select a server to connect to, and the username that you will have while connected to that server.

It is possible to connect to a server with either a guest account or a normal registered account. Guest accounts allows you to anonymously login, while a normal login account allows you to reserve your own username which is protected by the password that you choose.

The Guest Login option should be selected if you want an anonymous guest account. If you want to create a new login account, then select the First-time Login option, with the username, password and email of your choice. If you have already created your account, you can connect by selecting the Normal Login option, and enter the username and password that you have chosen.

To connect to a server, click on the Connect button.

### The &appname; network connection dialog.

The &appname; network connection dialog.

## Joining a game room

Once you have successfully connected to a server, you can choose which game room to join. To play a multiplayer game of &appname;, select the &appname; room. If you want to host your own game, then click on the Launch button. This creates a new table where other players can participate in a game against you. If there are any other games already started, then you can double-click on an existing game table to join it. The list of game tables on the right shows you the number of available seats, which means the number of players that can join the game table.

### This &appname; network dialog allows you to join a game room to find other players.

This &appname; network dialog allows you to join a game room to find other players.

When creating a new table for &appname; games, a preference dialog is displayed which allows you to customize the game, such as set the minimum number of players for the game. Once the total number of seats have been taken, then no more players are allowed to join that game table.

It is possible to chat with other players in network games. Ask for advice or help playing the games, but please be polite against other players.

## Waiting for other players to join the game

Once you have successfully joined a game table, then you have to wait until enough players have joined the table. The Players List menu item allows you to see a list of the players who have joined the game. The game will begin immediately when the total number of players in the the game have been reached.

## Playing multiplayer &appname; games

Multiplayer &appname; games have pretty much the same rules as normal &appname; games, except that you are now playing against human players. This means that other strategies might possibly be better than when playing against AI players.

Once a player has won, the game ends and you can return to the initial network game screen. Then you can play yet another game of addictive &appname; multiplayer!