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Introduction:
Ultimate Backgammon has an easy to use menu system.
At the bottom right portion of the screen you will
see the menu area. To select a menu item, you may
either type the first character of the menu item
(i.e. "F" for Forfeit), or click the mouse cursor
(if you have a mouse) on the desired menu item.
Main Menu Commands:
Options:
Selecting the Options entry from the main menu will
display the options sub-menu consisting of the
following (a detailed description of the options is
in your users manual)
Load/Save : Load a previously saved game or
Save a game in progress
Modem/Net Play : Allows you to Play Backgammon
over a modem or network with
another Ultimage Backgammon user.
See the "Modem/Network Play"
section of your printed manual
for more information.
History : Select player/View score history
Board : Lets you load a different board
design.
Defaults : Allows you to define the
"Default" configuration settings
for Ultimate Backgammon.
Tourn : Allows you to play a point based
tournament against the computer.
Game Log : Writes a log of all moves to the
disk.
Edit Game : Displays the game edit menu.
See the manual for more info.
Double:
The Double command is used to double the stakes
of the game. Initially neither player owns the
doubling cube, and it's value is set to 1, it
appears in the middle of the board. Either player
may offer to double when the doubling cube is
unowned. As soon as one player offers to double
the player who accepts the double gets possession
of the cube and then only he may double (the cube
changes color to the color of the player). If
either player refuses the double, that player
forfeits the game.
Style:
The style command allows you to change the games
style of play. There are three styles of play
available:
Conservative, Aggressive, and Out For Blood.
Backup:
Allows you to backup to the beginning of your Turn.
Forfeit:
If you clearly see you are loosing and you don't
want to hear the remarks the computer makes when
it wins, select Forfeit to abandon the game.
(It will however be scored as a loss for you).
Quit:
When dinners ready or you simply can't tolerate
any more backgammon, type the Q key and the game
will return you to DOS.
Help:
Selecting help will display this help file on
your screen during play.
Rolling the Dice:
The space bar is used to roll the dice. When
it's your turn to move, hit the space bar to
roll the dice.
Mouse Users may roll the dice by clicking the
left mouse button anywhere on the playing board
or in the dice area.
Moving/Playing:
Please note: The "BAR" is slot 0.
Keyboard Users:
To move a man type an "M". A form will appear
near the bottom of the screen. Enter the
location you wish to move from and the value
of the dice you wish to use separated by a comma,
(e.g entering a "12,5", would move your man from
the 12 slot 5 spaces). The bar is designated as
slot 0. Press enter to complete the move or the
ESC key to cancel a move.
Mouse Users:
To move a man simply click the mouse cursor on
the man you wish to move, that man will then
become the mouse cursor. Move the man where you
wish it to be and click the mouse button again.
Multiple-Move: You may move a man more than one
dice at a time, for instance if you rolled a
5 and an 3, you could move one man eight spaces
by selecting the destination slot as 8 from the
origin slot. However either the 5 or the 3
move must be a legal move for that man.
AutoMove : There are 4 levels of "Auto Move"
available, see the explanation of Auto Moves
in the printed manual.
Bearing Off:
Keyboard Users:
Bearing off men is the same as moving them,
simply select the man you wish to bear off
followed by the dice value you wish to use to
move the man.
Mouse Users:
Simply pick up a man with the mouse cursor and
drop it in the bear off tray to bear off a man.
(************ END OF HELP FILE ********)