Objective
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The players objective is to remove all of his opponent's pieces from the board.
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Game Board & It's Piecesc
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The Game board consists of an 8x8 grid of alternating colors. Each set of pieces
are places on the black squares in there particular side of the board. A set of pieces
will number twelve and only fill up three rows.
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Types of Pieces
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Single
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The Single piece, consisting of only one item, is the smallest and weakest piece
on the board.
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King
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The King piece, consisting of two items on top each other, is the largest and
strongest piece on the board.
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Players Turn
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When it is the players turn he may move his piece once or jump his opponent's
piece(s).
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Move
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Single
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The Single piece can only move forward to one of the black squares that are
diagonally connected to its current location.
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King
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The King piece also moves like the Single piece, but can also move in a backwardly
direction along with a forwardly direction.
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Jump
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Single
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The Single piece can jump an opponents piece in a forwardly along one of the black
diagonals connected to its current location.
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King
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As with move, the King Piece can jump in a forwardly and backwardly direction
along one of the black diagonals connected to its current location.
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Multiple Jump
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When jumping, a player can jump more than one of its opponents pieces in one turn.
Each jump must be a valid jump.
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Game Area
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The Game Area is broken into two parts : Status Information & Game Board.
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Status Information
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Buttons
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The 2 Player and 1 Player Game is up and running. The quit button will be enabled
when I make it single window program rather than an applet.
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Turn
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This displays which players turn it is. The player who moves first is determined
randomly. The button "Pass on this Turn" allows you to pass your turn to the
next player.
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Last Move
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Shows the last move by player who just went. The numbers are coordinates of the
gameboard squares. The top hand left corn is (0,0).
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Pieces left
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This is self explanatory.
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Game Board
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Players one's pieces are purple and are on the top of the board. Player two's
pieces are blue and are at the bottom of the board.
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1 Player Mode
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The computer will always be Player 1 and the human player will always be Player 2.
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How to Move a piece
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First click once on the piece that you want to move. The square will have white
outline around it. Next click once on the square you want to move it to. If it is a valid
move, the piece will move to the new square. If it is not a valid move, nothing will
happen. To move a different piece click once on the piece you no long want to move. The
white outline will be removed.
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How to Jump a piece
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First click once on the piece you want to jump with. The square will have a white
outline around it like a move turn. Next click once on the square that is open on the
other side of the piece you want to jump over. If it is a valid jump, it will also be
outlined. If that is the only piece you want to jump, click once on the open square again.
You can jump up to three consecutive pieces. To choose another piece to jump over, click
once on the open square on the other side of that piece to be jumped. Just like with a
single jump, you can end your jump choices with clicking once on that last open square.
Like the move turn, to choose a different piece to use to jump click on the first piece
you choose to do the jumping.
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How to restart the game
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Click on the 2 player or 1 Player button to reset the game.
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