MeggieSoft Games Piquet is a comprehensive implementation of the highly-regarded carte halting dating back to the 15th century. Play against an online resister or against your computer. There are many customizable graphic, profound (including MIDI music and words output), convention and scoring options. Six different computer opponents are available for when you are unable to drive online, or equitable want to exercise privately. Piquet is a halting of exchanging cards, declaring combinations, and playing tricks with the object of scoring more points than the computer resister. Each halting, or "partie", comprises 6 rounds. Piquet is one of the oldest carte games and is widely regarded to be the finest and most challenging carte halting ever devised for two players. Each round starts by the players exchanging some of their cards with fresh cards from the "talon" (the stock). The announcement phase follows during which the players endeavour to out bid each other's Point (farsighted suit), Sequences (runs) and Sets (threesome or foursome of the same membership). The winner in each category oodles points for the winning announcement and any additional sequences or sets, respectively. Finally the cards are played as tricks, with points awarded for leading and capturing tricks. The challenge of Piquet is to residuum the rally, the declarations and the fob winning in guild to consume the maximum advantage over the resister. Special bonuses exist in both the announcement and fob phases for the artful player. The user interface, unwashed to entirely MeggieSoft Games, supports both point-and-click and drag-and-drop mouse operations. Features include: realistic animated carte movement; right-click pop-up menus; a tinge facility; a tutorial; automatic play; automatic save and restore of partly finished games; multiple-user scoreboards; a fair and uncluttered main window; status-bar shortcut buttons; and fully customizable main showing font and wallpaper effects for the table and playing flat, and the carte backs.