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- BASICS
- 1. You click once on a piece to move it. The arrow will CHANGE SIZE
- when it is clickable. You can undo your move by clicking UNDO on
- the menu bar. You have two MOVES per turn. Each dice is ONE move.
- Ultragammon is automatically set to move by the left hand dice.
- If you want to move by the right hand dice first, click on it
- before you take your move. DOUBLES, if "on", give the right to
- another turn. If you pass the mouse over any of your pieces the
- blue POINTER shows you where you can move.
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- 2. Whenever you stack THREE pieces onto a square (apart from the
- Start positions) this square then becomes your BASE this remains
- yours even if you move away. Bases are automatically marked with
- a coloured marble.
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- 3. Whenever you land on any of your BASE(s) you automatically
- score ONE point. If you land on your opponents BASE(s), your opponent
- scores ONE point per piece. If you place THREE pieces on an opponents
- base it becomes your BASE. The first player to score 30 points WINS
- the game.
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- 4. Pieces CANNOT land on on any square where an OPPONENT has PIECE(s)
- placed. This can be used strategically to BLOCK. A draw can be forced
- by placing six or more pieces in a row. When your opponent has ALL his
- pieces stacked directly on the square behind the block, the game is
- DRAWN.
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- ULTRAGAMMON has three skill levels and has several other customisable
- options. You can change options in direction, sound and doubles.
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