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OS/2 Help File
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1992-09-17
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. The game ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Getting started
To play you need to enter the initials of the players.
Up to four players can play against each other. All players are also playing to
get on the low-10 score list.
Select New... from the Game pulldown to start a new game.
After (and during) the game you can restart the game with the same players by
selecting Restart on the Game pulldown.
See the current low-10 score list by selecting Score... from the Game pulldown.
Exit the game by selecting Exit from the Game pulldown.
Note: See the Keys section for keyboard game control.
How to play.
The red initials is the current player.
1. Throw the dice by clicking on the hammer button (hard throw), the tree
button (medium throw), the feather button (light throw) or the yellow dice
area (default throw).
2. Add the pips on the face of the dice to get the total pips.
3. Find the card (top row) with this number - or find two cards which combined
number is the pip total.
4. Flip the cards by clicking mouse button 1 with the mouse pointer over one
of the cards. The program automaticly flips the corresponding card.
5. Throw the dice again, flip the cards again, ...
When (if) the combined numbers on the remaining cards gets below seven, you
will only throw one die.
How to score.
When you reach the point where no cards are flipable, your score (the combined
number of the remaining cards) is updated in the score area.
End of set / game.
Next user or set is started by clicking mouse button 2 with the mouse pointer
over the score area.
The game is over when all players have played eight sets.
Options.
Two options can be customized by you:
Flip speed. Select the prefered speed.
The slow speed is the default, because this gives the best animation.
Dice area throw. Select which throw to do when clicking the dice area.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. The keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Mouse.
Use the mouse button 1 (left) to:
o Throw the dice.
(Mouse-pointer over the hammer, tree or feather button - or over the dice
area for default throw).
o Flip the cards.
(Mouse-pointer over (one of) the card(s) you wish to flip).
Use the mouse button 2 (right) to:
o Start next user or set - or restart game after game over.
(Mouse-pointer over the score area).
Keyboard.
Ctrl-N Start new game.
Ctrl-R Restart game.
Ctrl-S Show current low-score.
Ctrl-X Exit game.
H Do a hammer throw.
T Do a tree throw.
F Do a feather throw.
space Do a default throw.
1 Flip card number 1.
2 Flip card number 2.
3 Flip card number 3.
4 Flip card number 4.
5 Flip card number 5.
6 Flip card number 6.
7 Flip card number 7.
8 Flip card number 8.
9 Flip card number 9.
Ctrl-space Start next user or set - or restart game after game over.