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- SIEGE OF THE BEAST
- by Nick Torkos,
- Sept. 7,1991
-
- INSTRUCTIONS
-
- The game is played similar to the way the
- board game FOX and GEESE is played. However,
- for those of you who have never heard of this
- game (the majority) I'll explain.
-
- The setting is at an old medieval village
- called Tarikan. Life here was once
- pleasurable for everyone until THE BEAST
- arrived. The beast is a giant snake that has
- a voracious appetite. For a while, the
- inhabitants of the village have been able to
- survive with only minor losses. But now, the
- beast is on a rampage and the village must
- make a last stand against it in order to
- survive. You were elected to be the leader.
- First you must select the number of soldiers
- you would need for assistance. Then you have
- to use them to trap the beast so that it can
- no longer move, and then it can be killed.
-
- You must use your men wisely. It is not
- possible to surround the beast with 8 men or
- less. Even though the snake looks wild and
- unorthodox, it is intelligent enough to find
- out the unprotected soldiers, and eat them.
- If it eats enough so that you have only eight
- men left, then it is too late, the snake wins
- the battle and slaughters everyone. However,
- if you can trap it so that it can't move the
- village will be saved.
-
- The game is played on a 9x9 square board.
- You and the snake take turns moving around
- it. When it is your turn (the screen prompts
- you) click the mouse over the square the man
- you want to move is standing on. You will
- hear a sound, and the man you selected will
- be highlighted. You can move in any direction
- you want (up, down, left, right, diagonally),
- but only one square at a time (i.e.. to any
- adjacent square). Simply click over the
- square you want this man to go to, and he
- will do so.
-
- The snake can also move in the same
- directions. However, it can also eat your man
- if he is unprotected (i.e.. the space behind
- him is empty). This is similar to the way you
- would jump a man in checkers, except the
- snake can also do this going up, down, left,
- right, in addition to going diagonally. For
- example, if the snake is on the square just
- above one soldier, and the square below that
- soldier is unoccupied, then the snake can eat
- the soldier. To protect this soldier you have
- to put another soldier just below him. The
- same logic goes if the snake is to the left
- of the soldier, and there is an empty space
- to the right of the soldier, etc.
-
- You select the number of soldiers you want
- in the opening screen. The game ends if you
- can siege the beast, or if the beast kills
- most of your men and you have only eight
- left.
-
- When you have a lot of men on the screen, the
- game plays a little slow because of the
- graphics, but hopefully it is not slow enough
- to be annoying.
-
-
- CLOSING STATEMENTS
-
- Well, that's about it. The game play is
- simple enough. You move, the snake moves, you
- move, the snake, etc. but it is still
- challenging to win the game. You could
- probably figure out a technique to win with a
- lot of soldiers, so once you do then try to
- win with less soldiers which is a little
- harder. My personal best is to use 18
- soldiers. I have no idea how to win with 17
- or less soldiers, so if you do then let me
- know.
-
- Nick Torkos 28 Pritchard Avenue Toronto,
- Ontario CANADA M6N 1T3
-
- Feel free to send any questions or
- comments.
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