
ChessMAGIC! - Main Menu Help
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       [ GAMES ] Commands

           P  Play Your Games  -Used for actual game play.  A list of your 
                                current games along with play status (i.e. 
                                flagged if your move) is shown. 

         * S  Start New Games  -Used to open new games as white or black.  An 
                                existing opponent may also be specified, thus 
                                reserving games to prevent otherwise open 
                                joining by any player.

         * J  Join New Games   -Used to join open games that are awaiting 
                                opponents.

           V  View Games       -View any game currently in progress.

           O  Play OTB Game    -Used to enable real-time online play against
                                a human opponent on another node!
                                (unavailable in unregistered version) 

         * C  Play Computer    -Used to open new games against any of 10 
                                computer players who range in difficulty 
                                levels (i.e. 1 is easiest, 10 is most 
                                difficult).  Similar to command B, you open 
                                games as white or black, but you then specify 
                                the player by number. 

           I  Game Inquiry     -Used to view and/or download completed games.  
                                (unavailable in unregistered version) 
          
         * NOTE: Upon using one of these commands, you must use command A to 
                 actually play in your games.


       [ STATS ] Commands
          
           R  Ratings          - Prepares/displays a ratings report. 
           W  Win/Loss %       - Same as above, but sorted by percentages. 
           G  Game History     - Lists completed games detailing wins and 
                                 losses. 
           L  Player List      - Displays complete list of current players. 
           H  See Who's Online - Displays status of other nodes/players.     


       [ MISC ] Commands

           ?  Help             - Displays detailed menu information 
                                 describing commands and their functions. 
           F  Information      - Product credits and registration 
                                 information. 
           +  Color Setting    - Current display setting, will toggle through 
                                 three possible choices: 
                                           COLOR to Mono 
                                           MONO to Laptop 
                                           LAPTOP to Color 
           D  Design Board     - Displays game board in current color and 
                                 tile configuration, allowing user to 
                                 customize white and black squares to suit 
                                 their own tastes. 
           A  Select Area      - Used to move from one gaming area to 
                                 another, based on Sysop configuration. 
                                 (unregistered version only provides two 
                                 areas) 
           Q  Quit to BBS \
               or          |-  - Exits ChessMAGIC! and returns to BBS.
           X  Exit to BBS /
       
