private void playBoard()
    {
        do
        {       
            
            playGame();

            this.tryAgain = false;
        while(this.tryAgain == false)
        {

            System.out.print("\n Play again (Y/N): ");
            this.theUsersInput = this.someInput.next();
    
           System.out.print("\n ")  ;
            

            // we get a String in, we only want the first character
            // a String is like an array, the first position starts at 0
            // theLetterIn is of type char

            this.theLetterIn = this.theUsersInput.charAt(0);

            //now comparing two characters

            if( (this.theLetterIn == 'Y') || ( this.theLetterIn == 'y') )
            {
                this.tryAgain = true;
            }
             else if((this.theLetterIn == 'N') || ( this.theLetterIn == 'n'))      
            {
                 System.exit(0);
            }else
            {
            System.out.print("\n Invalid Entry");
            System.out.println(" \n Press enter to continue");
            this.someInput.nextLine();
            }
        }
        
        }
        while(this.tryAgain);

    }//EOM-playBoard()