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PARCHEESE
Version 1.5g
by Xavier Egusquiza
October 1992
The Program
PARCHEESE
is an Amiga version of the classic board game with the
same name. The program is fully multitasking so that you can
play while you work. It is also completely moused with extensive
use of Intuition environment.
PARCHEESE
was fully written in C, compiled and tested on a 3Mb
Amiga 500 with hard disk, and the software used was Lattice C,
DPaint III,Cygnus Ed and some other utilities.
Getting Started
To run the program, double click on the
PARCHEESE
icon. The
game may also be started from the CLI by typing "Parcheese".
Be sure the graphic file is in the same directory as the
executable code so that the program can find it.
After loading you must tell the computer who is going to be
playing. You choose the players using the program menu. The
players type can be human or one of the three levels of computer
player. So you can select any combination, ranging from two to
four players, and from an all humans game to an all computers
one, with any colours you choose.
Once you have selected the players,you have only to select Start
Game from the Project menu.
Using the program
Using
PARCHEESE
is very easy. As told before, you can always
control the program with the mouse. To move a piece under human
control,you must place the mouse pointer over it and double click.
During the game, you can change the kind of players too. You must
also pay attention on the title bar. It tells you who is going to
move and indicates any special situation of the game.In
PARCHEESE
the computer always rolls the dice.
Once the game has started, you can leave it by selecting the End
Game option from the Project menu. Then you can start a new game
or quit the program. On the other side, when the game is over, a
requester asks you if you wish to quit the game.
Menu Options
In
PARCHEESE
,there are three menus,with the following options:
Project menu:
Start Game: Choose this one to start a new game.
End Game : Ends the current game.
About : Informs you on the program and the author.
Quit : Exits inmediately
PARCHEESE
.
Players menu:
There are one option for each colour. Each option has got
four suboptions corresponding to the four types of players. They
are these:
Human Player: Set this one to control the player.
Within computer players there are three levels :
Easy Level : This is an entry level.
Medium Level: Sets a computer level harder than the last
one, but not definitely difficult.
Hard Level : This is the challeging level. The computer
plays deeper combining logic and strategy.
With this level the computer takes longer to
move, depending also on the players number.
Choose this one if you want to have got a
tough game!
Special menu:
There are two options:
Statistics: A window will appear with statistics about all
the competitors in play. It will display four
columns :
"Advanced squares": This one indicates you who
leads the game.The program counts the advanced
squares of all pieces for each player.
"Own taken men" : It tells you how many pieces
of yours have been taken by your opponents
until now.
"Opposing taken men" : This one shows you how
many men have been taken by you.
"Dice pts. per turn": Here,
PARCHEESE
averages
all dice points you've rolled until now.
Warning: If you rolls a 6 and plays again, the
program counts them as an unique roll. For
example,if you,at the first move,roll a 6 and
then a 5,the computer will display 11 and not
5.5 (11/2).
Undo : This option allows you to change a move you've
just made.This option is only available before
the next go.
In a computer player move, this choice is left
as a repeat option and for flexibility to the
user.
The Rules
PARCHEESE
's rules are exactly the same as in the classic board
game. The ultimate goal of the game is to get all of your pieces
placed on your center square. Besides, there are some other
important subjects :
Rolling a 6 : Like many board games, a 6 allows you to roll the
dice again. But be careful! at the third 6 the last moved man
goes home. There are two exceptions for this :
- When the most recently moved man is on one of your last
coloured squares,
- or when you can't make any move.
If some of your pieces is blocking a square and you rolls a 6,
you're forced to move it. On the other side, if you haven't got
any man at home, you advance seven squares instead of six.
Rolling a 5: If you've got some piece at home and your initial
square is unoccupied, you must place one in this square. In
PARCHEESE
the program makes this for you.
When your initial square is blocked (two men on it) :
- If it contains one opposing piece, then you take it.
- If it is occupied by two opposing men, you'll take the last
landed on this square.
Bonus points : Two bonus points in
PARCHEESE
:
- Each opposing man you've taken gives you twenty points.
- You get 10 points for each own piece that arrives to the end.
The End
I'd like to know your opinions,critics,suggestions on the game.
Please contact by electronic mail at:
FidoNet @ 2:343/119.14