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- Detailed help for ~c1~Gapwar Tiles~c15~.
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- Gapwar Tiles are like jigsaw puzzles except that color is used to join
- two pieces instead of an interlocking dovetail mechanism. There are
- several different types of Gapwar Tile Puzzles. The most important
- feature of a Gapwar Tile is whether it is TRIANGULAR or SQUARE.
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- TRIANGULAR tiles are made up of 4 triangles. Solve TRIANGULAR
- Gapwar puzzles by matching 'both' border colors to remove the 'GAP'.
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- SQUARE tiles consist of 4 smaller squares. Solve SQUARE Gapwar
- puzzles by matching all 4 colors on the border to remove the 'GAP'.
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- There are two basic operations one may perform on a Gapwar Tile.
- You may either select a Gapwar Tile and swap it with another Gapwar
- Tile, or you may rotate (if allowed) a single Gapwar Tile. Rotation is
- not always available. If rotation is available the 'Left' mouse button
- will allow the rotation and the 'Right' mouse button will allow the select
- and swap. If no rotation is available both mouse buttons will allow the
- select and swap.
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- When a tile is selected it 'shrinks'. When you click on another tile, then
- it will 'swap' with the last tile selected. Rotation of a selected tile will
- leave the selected tile still selected. Rotation of any unselected tile
- causes the selected tile to become unselected.
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- The Gapwar Tile Puzzle is solved when all black 'Gaps' are removed
- and all the colors match.
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- There are also more sophisticated Gapwar Tile Puzzles.
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- There are 'Border Patrol' puzzles where some of the rotations are done
- for you. There are 'Five of a Kind' puzzles with a fifth color in the center
- of the piece. There are 'Double Trouble' puzzles where each piece
- has eight areas (4 inside and 4 outside) and both colors need to match.
- Sometimes not all pieces are swapable or rotatable. There is also the
- 'Negative Thinking' puzzles where the object is to not match the colors.
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- In all the different GAPWAR TILE PUZZLES the object is the same.....
- .......remove all of the black 'Gaps'.
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- When confused about a particular type of Gapwar Puzzle -- Try using
- the Solve key and watch how the pieces act when selected/swapped
- or rotated.
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