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Instructions
This game has been developed using the concept of traditional
Boggle. 16 letters are picked for each day and displayed in a
grid. You must identify words that have adjoining letters.
After the allotted time, 3 minutes, the computer will eliminate
all duplicate words, and will compare to see how many correctly
spelled words it has found. Your daily total will be added to
your score. In fairness to all users, everyone gets the same
letters each day, in the same locations. Because the letters are
selected randomly, there may be days that no vowels are present.
You might want to try some abbreviations to see if the sysop has
added any to the dictionary files.
To begin the game, select the BOGIGGLE game from your BBS menu.
Turn the NUM LOCKS ON!
Press P to play your turn(s).
Use your numeric keypad to place your cursor on the first letter
of your word. Press the space bar to highlight the letter.
Notice that the letter is then displayed above the grid. Place
your cursor on the next adjoining letter and press your space
bar. You will notice that the second letter appears after the
first. Continue to highlight the letters to make your word at
the top. Press ENTER once complete. Continue to identify other
words until your time has run out.
If you give up while the timer is still running, you may do so by
pressing the ESCAPE key.
If you make a mistake in highlighting the letters, you may press
the backspace key to delete the word, and restart the word
identification process over again.
As you move the cursor around, you will notice that arrows at the
top and right side of the grid identify the location of your
cursor.
You may enter a maximum of 40 words.
When time has run out, Bogiggle will then delete all duplicated
words displayed on your screen.
Bogiggle will then check the dictionary to identify legitimate
words. Only words contained in the Bogiggle dictionary will be
added to the total, even though your word is spelled correctly.
Your daily total will then be added to your grand total.
The scoring is techniquely different than the REAL Boggle only
because the REAL scoring method is impossible to implement in a
BBS environment.