Pinochle and Bezique by MeggieSoft Games descriptions MeggieSoft Games Pinochle & Bezique is a comprehensive implementation of the original Pinochle & Bezique card games . Play against an online opponent or against your computer. Pinochle & Bezique has a rich user interface with many customizable visual audio & game options. Six different computer opponent skill levels are available for when you are unable to get online or just want to practice privately. Each is a game of accumulating points from melding cards & winning tricks with the object of reaching the points target before your opponent. Each round has two phases the first of which is used to take new cards from the stock & to play melds the second being the playing off of the remaining cards as tricks. Points are scored for melds & for winning tricks in phase two. The standard set of melds in each game are optionally enhanced by commonly documented additional meld types. The user interface common to all MeggieSoft Games supports both point-and-click & drag-and-drop mouse operations. Features include: realistic animated card movement right-click pop-up menus a hint facility a tutorial automatic play automatic save & restore of partly finished games multiple-user scoreboards a clean & uncluttered main window status-bar shortcut buttons & fully customizable main display font & wallpaper effects for the table & playing mat & the card backs.