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TOMMY'S CARD MINERS <TM> (C) COPYRIGHT 1997 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CATALOG #TM-186-1A

INSTRUCTIONS:

***TO EXIT, HIT FUNCTION KEY F7, THEN THE Y KEY.
***TO DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PROGRAM, HIT FUNCTION KEY F5.

WELCOME, PARTNERS, TO A THINKING MAN'S GAME OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY FOR
TWO PLAYERS, EACH OF WHOM USES A DECK OF CARDS TO BUILD UNDERGROUND TUNNELS IN
SEARCH OF PRECIOUS MINERALS: BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, AND PLATINUM!  WATCH THE
MINESHAFTS GROW ALONG WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRIKE IT RICH AND LAY CLAIM TO
MOTHER LODES.  THE MINER WHO FIRST STAKES CLAIM TO 21 POINTS WORTH OF MOTHER
LODES WINS.

MINERS (PLAYERS):
TWO.  THE COMPUTER MAY BE A MINER: JUST TYPE "COMPUTER" FOR NAME.
*NOTE: IN THE UNREGISTERED SHAREWARE VERSION THE 2ND MINER MUST ALWAYS BE THE
COMPUTER.

DECKS, MARKERS, AND CARDS:
EACH MINER HAS A 52-CARD DECK, ALSO A PAWN REPRESENTING HIMSELF IN HIS JOURNEYS.

FIRST MINER:
EACH MINER DRAWS ONE CARD FROM HIS DECK AND HIGH CARD GOES FIRST; IN THE EVENT
OF A TIE ANOTHER CARD IS DRAWN, ETC.  IN SUBSEQUENT GAMES LOSER OF PREVIOUS
GAME GOES FIRST.

PLAY AREA:
THE CARDS ARE PLAYED OUT ON A 4-ROW BY 16-COLUMN TABLE REPRESENTING A VIRGIN
MINE.

INITIAL TABLEAU:
THE PAIR OF CARDS JUST DRAWN IS LAID FACE DOWN NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THE CENTER
OF THE VIRGIN MINE (COLUMNS 7 AND 8), BECOMING 2 TUNNEL ENTRANCES.
EACH MINER'S PAWN IS PLACED ON THE OTHER MINER'S CARD.

INITIAL DEAL:
EACH MINER IS DEALT 7 CARDS FROM HIS OWN DECK.

TUNNELS:
A TUNNEL, IN GENERAL, HAS AN ENTRANCE (FACE DOWN) CARD, THEN PATH (6..10 FACE
UP) CARDS LEADING FROM IT, ALL OF THE SAME SUIT.  A MOTHER LODE (JQKA) CARD
TERMINATES A TUNNEL, FACE UP.  THE OBJECT IS TO MOVE YOUR PAWN ALONG TUNNELS TO
STRIKE CLAIMS TO MOTHER LODE CARDS, CONSTRAINED BY HAVING TO EXIT ONE TUNNEL
BEFORE ENTERING ANOTHER.

TURNS:
ON EACH MINER'S TURN HE WILL, IN GENERAL, DRAW A CARD FROM HIS DECK, PLAY A
CARD, AND MOVE HIS PAWN, AND SOMETIMES SCORE A MOTHER LODE.

A CARD MAY EITHER BE PLAYED FACE DOWN OR FACE UP.

THE WAY A FACE UP CARD IS USED DEPENDS ON ITS RANK:

SHAFT CARDS (5,6,7,8,9,10): THESE CARDS BUILD SHAFTS THROUGH THE MINE.
INITIALLY A SHAFT STARTS AT A TUNNEL ENTRANCE IN ANY OF THE 4 POSSIBLE OPEN
DIRECTIONS N-E-S-W (KATTY-CORNER MOVEMENT IS NEVER PERMITTED).  A SHAFT MAY
ONLY BE EXTENDED BY ANOTHER CARD OF THE SAME SUIT, AND MAY BRANCH OFF AS
DESIRED.  WHEN A SHAFT REACHES THE EDGE OF THE PLAY TABLE THEN IT IS BLOCKED.

MOTHER LODE CARDS (J,Q,K,A): JACKS REPRESENT BRONZE, QUEENS SILVER, KINGS GOLD,
AND ACES PLATINUM.  THEY CAN ONLY BE PLACED IN A TUNNEL OF THE SAME SUIT, AND
CANNOT BE PLACED NEXT TO ANY TUNNEL ENTRANCE.  THE CARD THEN ENDS THE TUNNEL.
A MINER STAKES HIS CLAIM TO A MOTHER LODE BY MOVING HIS PAWN ONTO IT; OPPONENT
CAN'T LATER STAKE A CLAIM TO IT ALTHOUGH HE CAN MOVE HIS PAWN ONTO IT.

SCORES:
MOTHER LODE CARDS J,Q,K,A ARE WORTH 1,2,3,4 POINTS EACH, RESPECTIVELY.

MOVING THE PAWN:
AFTER LAYING DOWN A SHAFT OR MOTHER LODE CARD YOU MUST MOVE YOUR PAWN EXACTLY
ONE SPACE, HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY, TO ANY ADJACENT CARD.  YOU MAY NOT SKIP
BETWEEN DIFFERENT SHAFTS (SUITS): YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THROUGH A TUNNEL ENTRANCE
TO SWITCH TUNNELS.  AND YOU MAY NOT WALK ONTO THE CARD THAT YOU JUST PLAYED.  IF
YOU MOVE ONTO A CARD WHERE YOUR OPPONENT'S PAWN IS RESTING YOU BUMP HIM (SEE
BELOW).

MOVEMENT CARDS (2,3,4): AFTER PLAYING ONE OF THESE CARDS YOU MUST MOVE YOUR
PAWN THE EXACT NUMBER OF SPACES AS THE CARD'S VALUE (2,3,4), EITHER HORIZONTALLY
OR VERTICALLY, WITH NO DOUBLING BACK.  YOU MAY MOVE THROUGH A CARD OCCUPIED BY
YOUR OPPONENT'S PAWN.  THE MOVEMENT CARD IS THEN PLACED IN A DISCARD PILE, NOT
IN THE MINE.

BUMPING:
IF YOU LAND ON A CARD OCCUPIED BY YOUR OPPONENT'S PAWN YOU MAY BUMP THEIR PAWN
TO ANY SPOT ON THE MINE YOU WISH EXCEPT THE SAME CARD YOU'RE ON.

TUNNEL ENTRANCES (FACE DOWN CARDS):
YOU MAY PLAY A HAND CARD FACE DOWN NEXT TO A SHAFT CARD, AND IT THEN BECOMES A
TUNNEL ENTRANCE, IMMEDIATELY ENDING THE TURN (YOU DON'T MOVE YOUR PAWN, IT
TAKES TIME TO DIG, HA HA).  NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS IF YOU HAVE NO WAY
TO PLAY A CARD AS ABOVE.

GAME:
FIRST MINER TO 21 POINTS IN MINERALS WINS.  THE OTHER MINER MUST PAY HIM A
NUMBER OF CHIPS EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE IN POINTS.  IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT NO
MINER REACHES GAME POINT BY THE TIME THE DECKS ARE EXHAUSTED THE GAME IS
DECLARED A TIE.

*NOTE: IN THE UNREGISTERED SHAREWARE VERSION THE PROGRAM EXITS AFTER EACH GAME
TO MAKE YOU WANT TO PAY FOR A 'REAL' VERSION: PLEASE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO GET
PAID LIKE ANYBODY ELSE SO DON'T HATE US JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BEAUTIFUL, OK? (HA
HA)  REMEMBER HOW MUCH YOU PAID BORING COMPANIES LIKE IBM AND MICROSOFT AND
GIVE US A BREAK! <GRIN>

ENTERING MOVES:
TO ENTER YOUR MOVE USING THE MOUSE, JUST POINT AT THE DESIRED HAND CARD AND
CLICK, THEN POINT AT THE DESIRED 'TO' SQUARE AND CLICK.  THEN POINT AT THE
DESIRED DESTINATION SQUARE FOR THE PAWN AND CLICK.  FOR A MOVEMENT-ONLY CARD,
POINT AT THE DESIRED HAND CARD AND CLICK, THEN POINT AT THE PAWN DESTINATION
SQUARE AND CLICK.

TO ENTER YOUR MOVE USING THE KEYBOARD:
SPECIFY A HAND CARD NUMBER (1..9,A=10).  THEN SPECIFY A TARGET BOARD SQUARE
ROW-FIRST (1..4), THEN COLUMN (1..9,A=10,B=11,C=12,D=13,E=14,F=15,G=16).

BANK:
THE BANK CAN REMEMBER UP TO 100 ACCOUNTS.  EACH MINER HAS HIS OWN ACCOUNT,
UPPER AND LOWER CASE NAMES BEING THE SAME.  AT THE END OF EACH GAME THE BANK
IS UPDATED, AND MINERS CAN DROP OUT OR JOIN IN.

AUTO GAME SAVE/RESTORE:
YOU CAN EXIT THE PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE OF A GAME AND IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY
SAVED ON FILE CARDMINE.TMP AND RESTORED NEXT TIME YOU RUN THE PROGRAM.

ANSWERING Y/N QUESTIONS WITH THE MOUSE:
JUST POINT AT THE Y OR N IN THE QUESTION AND CLICK.

ABORTING A GAME:
YOU CAN ABORT A GAME IN PROGRESS AND START ANOTHER BY HITTING "Q" OR "X" WHEN
ASKED FOR YOUR PLAY; OF COURSE ALL PLAYERS MUST AGREE TO THIS.

OPTIONS:
YOU CAN CHANGE THE NUMBER OF CARDS DEALT TO EACH PLAYER INITIALLY; PLAY WITH
OPEN HANDS; START OUT WITH MORE THAN 2 TUNNEL ENTRANCES; CHANGE THE GAME POINT
TO ANYTHING FROM 10-99, AND REPLAY THE LAST HAND.

FUNCTION KEYS:
THE 10 FUNCTION KEYS F1-F10 HAVE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS:

FUNCTION KEY    FUNCTION
------------    --------
   F1           SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE.

   F3           POP-UP OPTIONS DISPLAY.

   F5           DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

   F6           POP-UP DISPLAY OF BANK ACCOUNTS.

   F7           QUIT THE PROGRAM.

   F10          (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR.

NOTE FOR "TOGGLES": THE LEGEND DISPLAYED ONSCREEN WILL BE THE MODE THAT WILL
BE ACTIVATED IF THE FUNCTION KEY IS PRESSED.

ARROW KEYS:
FUNCTION KEYS F8 AND F9 CHANGE THE GAME SPEED.  THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME, IN
SECONDS, THAT THE COMPUTER WILL TAKE TO THINK UP A MOVE, OR TO MAKE EACH HOP,
IS DISPLAYED NEAR THE LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN.

COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
   S    START UP WITH SOUND OFF
   M    FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
   C    FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
   D    DISABLE MOUSE CHECK

EXAMPLE: >CARDMINE MS

CREDITS:
THANKS TO JAMES ERNEST, "YOURS OR MINE! A GAME OF EITHER ORE", IN GAMES
MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 1997, PP. 48-49.

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