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!Merrills
=========
!Merrills is a PUBLIC DOMAIN version of the board game of the same name. It
was written by Michael Ellis and remains my copyright HOWEVER :-
i) it may be freely distributed as long as it is not done for profit. This
means you may not charge for the software, though any costs incurred in
distribution may be charged for.
ii) these conditions are applied to the person to whom you give a copy.
iii) the utility CHKSPR was originally written by Emmet Spier and was placed
in the public domain by him. Any queries regarding this utility should be
addressed to :-
6 Parklands Place,
Guildford,
Surrey, GU1 2PS.
He can also be reached on
Archive BBS (0603)-745-932 mailbox 23
Arcade BBS (081)-654-2212 mailbox 23
The World of Cryton (0749)-679794 mailbox 143
iv) the whole application is supplied COMPLETE and with ALL the files in an
UNALTERED state (!RUN and !BOOT files excepted.) Any modifications or
improvements you make to the application can be sent to me at :-
33, Barnfield Avenue,
Kingston upon Thames,
Surrey,
ENGLAND, KT2 5RD.
This is so that I can give your modified program a version number so that no
confusion arises out of different people changing the program(s) in
different ways and calling it the same version as someone else.
v) this program took a long time to write, therefore I reserve the right to
change any of the above conditions should I deem misuse of this program.
That said, please feel free to distribute this program to all your friends
and to write to me with any ideas/suggestions for improvements (or bugs,
preferably including fixes!!). You may also use parts of this program in
your own projects PROVIDED that I get credit for the routine and that the
resultant program is placed in the public domain with conditions similar to
those set out above. I am in the process of writing routines to allow the
computer to play a human or another computer, but sorry, I can't give a date
yet.
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UPDATES
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version 1.00 NO KNOWN BUGS
if you know differently, write to me at the above address!
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Now the boring stuff is out of the way :
RULES
=====
The primary objective of the game is to reduce the number of your opponents
counters to two. As the board initially starts blank you will be forgiven
for thinking that this is an easy task!
At the start of a game, each player (starting with RED) takes turns to place
nine pieces on unoccupied positions on the board. If the piece you place
makes a line of three (or even two lines of three) horizontally or
vertically (but not diagonally) you can remove (by clicking) one (or two) of
your opponents pieces. You cannot, however, remove a piece that is itself
in a line of three (called a MILL). Thus any piece in a mill is safe, and
this is true in the later stages of the game as well.
When both players have placed nine pieces, the second part of the game
begins. Players take it in turns to move (by dragging) pieces along the
lines. Again, the idea is to form a mill and capture one of your opponents
pieces.
When one of the players only has three pieces left, they may jump from one
position to any other vacant position on each move. The other player is
still limited to moving along the lines until they also are reduced to three
pieces.
A player wins by either reducing the number of their opponents pieces to two
OR by boxing them in. That is to say, if a player cannot move on their
turn, they have automatically lost. The computer detects when either of
these conditions is true (or imminent and unavoidable) and informs the
winner. Clicking MENU while in the main window when someone has won will
start a new game. Alternatively, a new game may be started at any time by
using the menu from the icon on the icon bar.
More help can be obtained by using the !HELP application (RISC OS
Applications Disc 1).
NB.This application does NOT run under ARTHUR. 00000000 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |. | 00000010 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 4d 65 72 72 69 6c 6c | !Merrill| 00000020 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |s. | 00000030 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d | =======| 00000040 3d 3d 0a 0a 21 4d 65 72 72 69 6c 6c 73 20 69 73 |==..!Merrills is| 00000050 20 61 20 50 55 42 4c 49 43 20 44 4f 4d 41 49 4e | a PUBLIC DOMAIN| 00000060 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 | version of the | 00000070 62 6f 61 72 64 20 67 61 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |board game of th| 00000080 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 2e 20 20 49 74 |e same name. It| 00000090 0a 77 61 73 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 62 79 20 |.was written by | 000000a0 4d 69 63 68 61 65 6c 20 45 6c 6c 69 73 20 61 6e |Michael Ellis an| 000000b0 64 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 73 20 6d 79 20 63 6f 70 |d remains my cop| 000000c0 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 48 4f 57 45 56 45 52 20 3a |yright HOWEVER :| 000000d0 2d 0a 0a 69 29 20 69 74 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 |-..i) it may be | 000000e0 66 72 65 65 6c 79 20 64 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 |freely distribut| 000000f0 65 64 20 61 73 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 61 73 20 69 74 |ed as long as it| 00000100 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 66 6f 72 | is not done for| 00000110 20 70 72 6f 66 69 74 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 0a 6d | profit. 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You| 00000bd0 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 2c 20 68 6f 77 65 76 65 72 | cannot, however| 00000be0 2c 20 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 |, remove a piec| 00000bf0 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 |e that is itself| 00000c00 0a 69 6e 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |.in a line of th| 00000c10 72 65 65 20 28 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 61 20 4d 49 |ree (called a MI| 00000c20 4c 4c 29 2e 20 20 54 68 75 73 20 61 6e 79 20 70 |LL). Thus any p| 00000c30 69 65 63 65 20 69 6e 20 61 20 6d 69 6c 6c 20 69 |iece in a mill i| 00000c40 73 20 73 61 66 65 2c 20 20 61 6e 64 0a 74 68 69 |s safe, and.thi| 00000c50 73 20 69 73 20 74 72 75 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |s is true in the| 00000c60 20 6c 61 74 65 72 20 73 74 61 67 65 73 20 6f 66 | later stages of| 00000c70 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 61 73 20 77 65 6c | the game as wel| 00000c80 6c 2e 0a 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 62 6f 74 68 20 70 6c |l...When both pl| 00000c90 61 79 65 72 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 |ayers have place| 00000ca0 64 20 6e 69 6e 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 2c 20 74 |d nine pieces, t| 00000cb0 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f |he second part o| 00000cc0 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 0a 62 65 67 69 6e |f the game.begin| 00000cd0 73 2e 20 20 50 6c 61 79 65 72 73 20 74 61 6b 65 |s. Players take| 00000ce0 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 74 75 72 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 | it in turns to | 00000cf0 6d 6f 76 65 20 28 62 79 20 64 72 61 67 67 69 6e |move (by draggin| 00000d00 67 29 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 |g) pieces along | 00000d10 74 68 65 0a 6c 69 6e 65 73 2e 20 41 67 61 69 6e |the.lines. 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