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- **Strategist Checkers**
-
- **by**
-
- **Arthur Crump**
-
- **Table of Contents**
- **=================**
- 1. Getting Started
- a. How to Play Checkers
- b. Requirements
- c. Installation & Setup
- d. Starting Strategist Checkers
- 2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
- 3. Registering
-
- **1. Getting Started**
- **==================**
-
- **a. How to Play Checkers**
- **-----------------------**
-
- Each player starts with 12 pieces, either 12 black pieces or 12 red
- pieces. The black pieces are set up on the first 12 black squares and
- the red pieces are set up on the first 12 black squares on the opposite
- side of the board.
-
- Players alternate turns moving one diagonal square at a time. In this
- version of checkers the red player moves first, followed by the black
- player. A player can only move to unoccupied squares. Once a piece
- moves to the opposite side of the board it is "crowned" and it is then
- called a "king". A "king" can move backward or forward one square at a
- time, as the limits of the board permit.
-
- Players must "jump" an opponent's piece in the next square if the
- square beyond it is vacant. If another "jump" is available from the
- new square, then the player must continue jumping until it runs
- out of jumps. An opponent's piece that is jumped is "captured" and
- removed from the board.
-
- To win at checkers you must either capture all the pieces of your
- opponent, or block your opponent's forces so they cannot move. The
- player making the last move wins.
-
- **b. System Requirements**
- **----------------------**
-
- To run Strategist Checkers, you'll need the following system:
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- An IBM-compatible, 386 or better computer
- Two Megabytes of RAM
- A VGA monitor
- DOS 5.0 or higher
- Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
- Mouse
-
- You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:
-
- Pentium processor
- Four Megabytes of RAM
-
- **c. Installation and Setup**
- **-------------------------**
-
- Strategist Checkers can be run on a floppy or a hard drive.
-
- 1. To run Strategist Checkers from a floppy drive:
- Change to that drive and type: "CHECKERS" and press
- Enter.
-
- 2. To get started with Strategist Checkers on a hard disk:
- a. Insert the Strategist Checkers disk in your
- floppy disk drive
- b. Change to that drive and type: "INSTALL" and press
- Enter.
- c. A directory named "CHECKERS" will be created
- on your hard drive.
- d. Change to that directory and type: "CHECKERS" and
- press Enter.
-
- **d. Starting Strategist Checkers**
- **-------------------------------**
-
- To start the game, just change to the directory in which
- Strategist Checkers is installed, type 'Checkers' and
- press Enter.
-
- **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
- **======================================**
-
- If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
- needing to get help. Try the following:
-
- If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
- try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
- disk cache.
-
- If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness on
- your monitor.
-
- If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
- electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
- your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
- you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
- that were displayed.
-
- **3. Registering**
- **==============**
-
- This is the shareware version of Strategist Checkers. Share it
- with everyone you know! Buy the full commercial version with
- Medium, Advanced and Two player levels by sending a check or
- money order for $10 to:
-
- **AGCrump**
- **P.O. Box 8216**
- **Inglewood, CA 90308**
-
- Order now!
-
- Strategist Checkers is Copyright 1996 by Arthur Crump.
- All Rights Reserved.
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