<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic"
      id="new-game">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
    <revision version="0.1" date="2012-08-12" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.5.5" date="2012-08-12" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name>
      <email>baptistem@gnome.org</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>

  </info>

  <title>Start a new game</title>

  <p>To start a new game:</p>
  <steps>
    <item><p>click the <gui style="button">New</gui> button or select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Mines</gui><gui style="menuitem">New Game</gui></guiseq> from the application menu</p></item>
    <item><p><link xref="board-size">select your preferred board size</link></p></item>
  </steps>

  <note>
  <p>If you are already playing a game, <app>Mines</app> will ask if you want
  to <gui>Start New Game</gui> or <gui>Keep Current Game</gui>. If you choose
  the former, your current game will be lost.</p>
  </note>
</page>
