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- QUOD (VERSION 1.00) Copyright (c) 1996 Ziff Davis Publishing Company
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- QUOD by Michael J. Mefford First Published June 25, 1996
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- ABOUT QUOD Quod, a game invented by G. Keith Still, has simple rules,
- but playing well requires sophisticated strategy. The goal is to place
- pieces on a grid so that they form a square. The player who makes a
- square first wins. DESCRIPTION
- Quod is played on an 11-by-11 square grid board with the
- four corners missing. Players take turns placing pieces on the board.
- Each player begins the game with 20 attacking (colored) pieces and 6
- blocking (white) pieces. The object of the game is to outmaneuver your
- opponent and be the first to outline a square, called a quod, by
- capturing its four corners with your colored attacking pieces. You use
- the blocking pieces only for blocking your opponent's squares; they
- don't count toward making squares of your own.
- On each turn you place one attacking piece on the board. Optionally, you
- can place any number of blocking pieces, up to the six allotted, before
- placing the attacking piece. If both players run out of attacking pieces
- before either has made a quod, the player with the most unplayed
- blocking pieces is declared the winner. If each has the same amount of
- blocking pieces (or if neither has any), the game is declared a draw.
- A winning square can be any size and orientation, and this is why
- playing Quod well requires strategy.
- To install the Quod program, copy the files QUOD.EXE and QUOD.HLP to
- a subdirectory on your hard disk and create an icon for Quod in your
- shell. Quod is a 16-bit Windows program and will run under Windows 3.1,
- Windows 95, and Windows NT. When you launch Quod, you'll see a picture
- of a Quod board set up for a new game, with program controls along the
- right edge. You can obtain information on rules, strategies, and program
- operation by pressing the Help button.SUPPORT
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- who also checks this forum each day, will contact the author for you.------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Michael J. Mefford is a contributing editor of PC Magazine.
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