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- What is Satori?
- Satori is a solitaire game played on a
- 10x10 board, with 60 different tiles.
- Each tile has a path segment on it, in
- one of five different colors: red,
- yellow, green, blue, and violet. The
- tiles are shuffled, and then drawn one
- at a time from the stack.
-
- The point of the game is to place the
- tiles on the board in such a way as to
- create the longest possible connected
- path, by placing any given tile next
- to a tile with a connecting path
- segment. ("Longest possible" does not
- mean "longest straight-line." It
- simply means that the tiles are
- connected as much as possible.) For
- example, the tile with the "╩" pattern
- can connect upwardly with the tiles
- showing "╔" or "╣", but not with "═".
- Adjacent non- connecting styles do not
- score, but 2 points are scored for
- every connection that can be made on a
- given play. A bonus of 5 points per
- connection is given when connecting
- tiles are of the same color. You will
- quickly discover that connections can
- only be made along the orthagonal
- directions (up, down, left, right).
-
- General Principles
- 1) Once a tile is played, it cannot be
- moved.
- 2) Tiles cannot be placed on
- top of existing tiles.
-
- Options
- There are two modes to Satori: the
- novice, and the expert. In the novice
- game, tiles may be played anywhere on
- the board. In the expert game, tiles
- must be played adjacent to tiles
- already on the board. Needless to
- say, this is a much more difficult
- game, but nobody said the way to
- Satori is easy!
-
- You can't change the playing mode
- after you've laid down the first tile.
-
- The blank tiles
- There are 5 blank tiles which do not
- score when placed. In the novice
- game, these may seem gratuitous, since
- they can be played out of harm's way,
- but in the expert game they must be
- played adjacent to existing tiles.
- This renders them not at all
- gratuitous.
-
- Keeping the high score
- The high score list in Satori is kept
- with paper and a writing instrument
- such as a pen or pencil.
-
- The Mouse
- The left mouse button places the tiles
- on the game board, and activates the
- screen buttons. The right mouse
- button ends the current game.
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