Multipule Jpanels question

hello all,
I'm createing an applet, and I'm using multipile jpanels. I want the panels to come up one after an other. The Jpanels will do the following. One will be the start frame I'll call it startPanel() it basically will ask the user names for two players, and to select a type of game. The next pane will have the panel of the selected game. The final panel will display the score for the game, and ask the user either to select an other game or quit. So as you see the panels need to wait for each other and the last panel will have to have a loop in that calls either board.
I'm not sure if I am on the right track, but i think it may use something like this:
/* I tried this and it doesn't work I really didnt get it(Start is its own class I don't think this one needs an invokeAndWait anyways becuse it is up first but just to try it out....
    try {
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
             add (new Start());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.err.println("createGUI didn't successfully complete");
    }I think i may use an setLayeredPane or something to change the JPanels. To make it easier for everyone the other classes for the Jpanels are called game1, game2, and endGame. the panels will go something like this start then when the "go" button is clicked in start it will then goto either game1 or game2 depending one what one is selected(I found an fourm that may help me with returning values from Jframes so there will be different variables carried over to each panel) Then when the game is finished the endGame panel comes up displays some stats about the game and asks the user what type of game they want and either play the games or exit. Thanks

I'm not 100% sure if this is what you need, but have you had a look at the CardLayout? It lets you swap JPanels as if they were in a deck of cards with one panel of your choosing always showing. I've used it several times, and it's not that hard to use. If this sounds close to what you need, check out the Sun tutorial on this:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/card.html

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