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- RAPS
- (c) 1990 Alan Smith
-
- The Game
- ---------
-
- The game is played by two players on a 4 x 4 board, each player having
- four pieces (squares or circles - here we will represent them as '#' and
- 'O'). So the initial board set-up looks like this:
-
- -----------------
- | O | O | O | O |
- |---------------|
- | | | | |
- |---------------|
- | | | | |
- |---------------|
- | # | # | # | # |
- -----------------
-
- The objective is to get one of your pieces to the other end of the
- board, or to get rid of all your opponent's pieces.
- There are three types of move:
-
-
- ----------------- -----------------
- 1) A move to a blank | O | O | O | O | | O | O | O | O |
- adjacent square in |---------------| |---------------|
- any direction, e.g: | | | | | | | | | |
- |---------------| to |---------------|
- | | | | | ->| # | | | |
- |---------------| |---------------|
- | # | # | # | # | | # | | # | # |
- ----------------- -----------------
- ^
- |
-
- ----------------- -----------------
- 2) A jump over one of | O | O | | O | | O | O | O | O |
- your own pieces into |---------------| |---------------|
- a blank square, e.g: | | | | O | ->| # | | | O |
- |---------------| to |---------------|
- | # | | | | | # | | | |
- |---------------| |---------------|
- ->| # | | # | # | | | | # | # |
- ----------------- -----------------
-
- |
- V
- ----------------- -----------------
- 3) A take. The same as | | | | O | | | | # | O |
- a jump but over an |---------------| |---------------|
- opponent's piece; the| | O | | O | | | | | O |
- opponent's piece is |---------------| to |---------------|
- removed from the ->| # | | | | | | | | |
- board. e.g: |---------------| |---------------|
- | # | | | | | # | | | |
- ----------------- -----------------
-
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE: if a take is possible it must be performed. Jumps and
- takes can only be over one man in one move.
-
-
- How to play on the Amiga
- ------------------------
-
- Different modes may be chosen from the menu. Default mode is Human v
- Computer - you against the Amiga. You are squares. Choose Computer v
- Computer to get demos of how to play. Choose Human v Human to play a friend.
-
- Choose a higher level from the menu to get a harder game. The Amiga's
- moves will then take longer.
-
- To move a piece, click on the piece you want to move, then click on
- the square you want to move to. You will be told if you try an illegal move.
- If you have to take but don't, you will be given a choice of moves that
- you must make.
-
- To start a new game, choose 'New Game' from the menu. Click on the
- closewindow gadget to quit.
-
- You can set the board to a particular configuration by choosing
- 'Set Board' from the menu and following the instructions.
-
- 'Repeat Game' from the menu will replay the latest game.
-
- The moves made during a game are shown in the second menu strip. Each
- move is shown as: source square, type of move, destination square. Type
- of move may be '-': straight move; '^': jump; 'X': take.
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