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�HEADER This file should not be loaded directly into a word processor. Instead load Mill, and select Instructions from its icon bar menu. �U<Mill$Dir>.WinSprs �END (Instructions for Mill, by Stuart Whitehouse) The game of Mill ---------------- General ~~~~~~~ Mill is an ancient game, also called Nine Men's Morris and various other names. The game is for two players played on a special board of 24 squares linked together by lines. The squares are arranged in three concentric boxes. Each player has 9 pieces. In the first phase of the game the players take turns to place their pieces on the board. Once all have been placed, they then take turns to move their pieces around the board following the lines. The purpose of the game is to form lines of three pieces of your own colour; these are called 'mills'. When you form a mill you can remove one of the opponent's pieces. The first player to be reduced to only two pieces loses the game. Placing ~~~~~~~ In each player's first nine turns he places one of his pieces on the board. The piece can be put into any empty square on the board. If your piece completes a line of three you get to remove an opponent's piece immediately. (See 'Mills' �G001) Movement ~~~~~~~~ Once each player has played all his nine pieces, a turn now consists of moving a piece already on the board. You can only move your own pieces, and the move must be a single stop along one of the black lines joining the squares. You must move into an empty square - only one piece is allowed on a square at once. If your move finishes a line of three you get to zap one of your opponent's pieces... Mills and pounding�M001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A mill is formed when you complete a line of three of your pieces. This can be done either during the placing or moving phases of the game. The line must be a straight line following the black lines on the board. There are 16 such lines available on the board. (8 horizontal and 8 vertical). When you form a mill you get to immediately remove one of the opponent's pieces. This is called pounding. You only get to pound when you form the mill - you do NOT get to remove a piece each turn that the mill exists. You are allowed to 'open' a mill, by moving one its pieces out of alignment, and then 'close' it again on the following turn. When the mill is reformed you CAN pound another enemy piece. You can remove any enemy piece you choose, unless that piece is part of a current mill - any piece currently part of a line of three (following the connectors drawn on the board) cannot be removed. The exception to this last rule is if ALL of the opponent's pieces are in mills (rather rare). In this case you can remove any of them, with no restrictions. Win, lose... or draw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A player wins when the opponent has only two pieces remaining (not enough to form a mill). If a player cannot make any legal moves during the moving part of the game (ie if all of his pieces are blocked by enemy pieces) then he immediately loses the game. Those are the two official ways for the game to end. This version also implements a rule that if both players make 50 moves with no pieces being removed then the game is declared a draw. Playing this computer version ----------------------------- Click on Mill's icon bar icon to open the playing window. The squares that the pieces move on are represented by a grey square. The pieces are represented by - Player 1 - �Spiece1 Player2 - �Spiece2 Click on a square to insert a piece, or to pound the piece on that square. Drag the icons around to move pieces. If a computer player is active, then it will make its moves automatically on its turn. While the computer player is thinking the computer is busy, and no other action can be undertaken. The top right of the window tells you what move is expected. Options ------- The options window can be opened from either the icon bar menu, or the playing window menu. This window controls the computer players (if any). The computer can be attached to either player, or both or neither. In addition the level of the computer's analysis can be modified. (This cannot be changed independently if you are playing two computer players against each other.) The lower down the list the better the analysis becomes. On the weaker levels the computer only looks a very short distance ahead, and has a large error factor applied to its moves. On the better levels the computer looks much further ahead, and has no errors. The quality of the analysis also improves slightly at the better levels. All of the levels up to and including 'Good' will move quite quickly (ie less than 30 seconds; often less than 1 second). However the 2 best levels are somewhat slower. Diabolical is very slow, and I recommend it only be used on a RiscPC. Advanced is several times quicker than this, but may still need a couple of minutes to move when running on an Arm2 processor. When Mill is first loaded, the computer will be set to play player 2, at the standard level.
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The squares ar| 000001d0 65 20 61 72 72 61 6e 67 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |e arranged in th| 000001e0 72 65 65 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 6e 74 72 69 63 20 62 |ree concentric b| 000001f0 6f 78 65 73 2e 0a 0a 45 61 63 68 20 70 6c 61 79 |oxes...Each play| 00000200 65 72 20 68 61 73 20 39 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 2e |er has 9 pieces.| 00000210 20 20 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 70 | In the first p| 00000220 68 61 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 |hase of the game| 00000230 20 74 68 65 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 73 20 74 61 6b | the players tak| 00000240 65 20 74 75 72 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 63 65 |e turns to place| 00000250 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 6f 6e | their pieces on| 00000260 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 20 20 4f 6e 63 | the board. Onc| 00000270 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |e all have been | 00000280 70 6c 61 63 65 64 2c 20 74 68 65 79 20 74 68 65 |placed, they the| 00000290 6e 20 74 61 6b 65 20 74 75 72 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 |n take turns to | 000002a0 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 70 69 65 63 65 |move their piece| 000002b0 73 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 61 |s around the boa| 000002c0 72 64 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |rd following the| 000002d0 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 70 75 72 | lines...The pur| 000002e0 70 6f 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 |pose of the game| 000002f0 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 6c 69 6e 65 | is to form line| 00000300 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 |s of three piece| 00000310 73 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 63 6f |s of your own co| 00000320 6c 6f 75 72 3b 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 65 20 |lour; these are | 00000330 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 27 6d 69 6c 6c 73 27 2e 20 |called 'mills'. | 00000340 20 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 61 | When you form a| 00000350 20 6d 69 6c 6c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 72 65 | mill you can re| 00000360 6d 6f 76 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |move one of the | 00000370 6f 70 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 27 73 20 70 69 65 63 65 |opponent's piece| 00000380 73 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 70 6c |s. The first pl| 00000390 61 79 65 72 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 72 65 64 75 63 |ayer to be reduc| 000003a0 65 64 20 74 6f 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 74 77 6f 20 70 |ed to only two p| 000003b0 69 65 63 65 73 20 6c 6f 73 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 |ieces loses the | 000003c0 67 61 6d 65 2e 0a 0a 0a 0a 50 6c 61 63 69 6e 67 |game.....Placing| 000003d0 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 49 6e 20 65 61 63 68 |.~~~~~~~.In each| 000003e0 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 27 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 | player's first | 000003f0 6e 69 6e 65 20 74 75 72 6e 73 20 68 65 20 70 6c |nine turns he pl| 00000400 61 63 65 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 68 69 73 20 |aces one of his | 00000410 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f |pieces on the bo| 00000420 61 72 64 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 |ard. The piece | 00000430 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 70 75 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 |can be put into | 00000440 61 6e 79 20 65 6d 70 74 79 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 |any empty square| 00000450 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 0a 49 | on the board..I| 00000460 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 63 6f 6d |f your piece com| 00000470 70 6c 65 74 65 73 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6f 66 |pletes a line of| 00000480 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 79 6f 75 20 67 65 74 20 74 | three you get t| 00000490 6f 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 6e 20 6f 70 70 6f |o remove an oppo| 000004a0 6e 65 6e 74 27 73 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 69 6d 6d |nent's piece imm| 000004b0 65 64 69 61 74 65 6c 79 2e 20 20 28 53 65 65 20 |ediately. (See | 000004c0 27 4d 69 6c 6c 73 27 20 a4 47 30 30 31 29 0a 0a |'Mills' .G001)..| 000004d0 0a 4d 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |.Movement.~~~~~~| 000004e0 7e 7e 0a 4f 6e 63 65 20 65 61 63 68 20 70 6c 61 |~~.Once each pla| 000004f0 79 65 72 20 68 61 73 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 61 |yer has played a| 00000500 6c 6c 20 68 69 73 20 6e 69 6e 65 20 70 69 65 63 |ll his nine piec| 00000510 65 73 2c 20 61 20 74 75 72 6e 20 6e 6f 77 20 63 |es, a turn now c| 00000520 6f 6e 73 69 73 74 73 20 6f 66 20 6d 6f 76 69 6e |onsists of movin| 00000530 67 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 |g a piece alread| 00000540 79 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 20 |y on the board. | 00000550 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6d 6f | You can only mo| 00000560 76 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 70 69 65 63 |ve your own piec| 00000570 65 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 76 65 |es, and the move| 00000580 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 61 20 73 69 6e 67 6c | must be a singl| 00000590 65 20 73 74 6f 70 20 61 6c 6f 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 |e stop along one| 000005a0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 6c 69 | of the black li| 000005b0 6e 65 73 20 6a 6f 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |nes joining the | 000005c0 73 71 75 61 72 65 73 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 75 |squares. You mu| 000005d0 73 74 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 6e 20 |st move into an | 000005e0 65 6d 70 74 79 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 20 2d 20 6f |empty square - o| 000005f0 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 69 73 |nly one piece is| 00000600 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 73 71 | allowed on a sq| 00000610 75 61 72 65 20 61 74 20 6f 6e 63 65 2e 0a 0a 49 |uare at once...I| 00000620 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 66 69 6e 69 |f your move fini| 00000630 73 68 65 73 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |shes a line of t| 00000640 68 72 65 65 20 79 6f 75 20 67 65 74 20 74 6f 20 |hree you get to | 00000650 7a 61 70 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |zap one of your | 00000660 6f 70 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 27 73 20 70 69 65 63 65 |opponent's piece| 00000670 73 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 0a 4d 69 6c 6c 73 20 61 6e 64 |s......Mills and| 00000680 20 70 6f 75 6e 64 69 6e 67 a4 4d 30 30 31 0a 7e | pounding.M001.~| 00000690 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 000006a0 7e 0a 41 20 6d 69 6c 6c 20 69 73 20 66 6f 72 6d |~.A mill is form| 000006b0 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 6d 70 |ed when you comp| 000006c0 6c 65 74 65 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |lete a line of t| 000006d0 68 72 65 65 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 69 65 |hree of your pie| 000006e0 63 65 73 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 |ces. This can b| 000006f0 65 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 64 75 |e done either du| 00000700 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 70 6c 61 63 69 6e 67 |ring the placing| 00000710 20 6f 72 20 6d 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 70 68 61 73 65 | or moving phase| 00000720 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 0a 54 |s of the game..T| 00000730 68 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 |he line must be | 00000740 61 20 73 74 72 61 69 67 68 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 |a straight line | 00000750 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 62 6c |following the bl| 00000760 61 63 6b 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 |ack lines on the| 00000770 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 20 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 | board. There a| 00000780 72 65 20 31 36 20 73 75 63 68 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 |re 16 such lines| 00000790 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 | available on th| 000007a0 65 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 20 28 38 20 68 6f 72 69 |e board. (8 hori| 000007b0 7a 6f 6e 74 61 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 38 20 76 65 72 |zontal and 8 ver| 000007c0 74 69 63 61 6c 29 2e 0a 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f |tical)...When yo| 000007d0 75 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 61 20 6d 69 6c 6c 20 79 6f |u form a mill yo| 000007e0 75 20 67 65 74 20 74 6f 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 |u get to immedia| 000007f0 74 65 6c 79 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 |tely remove one | 00000800 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 27 |of the opponent'| 00000810 73 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 |s pieces. This | 00000820 69 73 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 70 6f 75 6e 64 69 |is called poundi| 00000830 6e 67 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 67 65 |ng. You only ge| 00000840 74 20 74 6f 20 70 6f 75 6e 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 |t to pound when | 00000850 79 6f 75 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 6c |you form the mil| 00000860 6c 20 2d 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 20 4e 4f 54 20 67 |l - you do NOT g| 00000870 65 74 20 74 6f 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 20 70 |et to remove a p| 00000880 69 65 63 65 20 65 61 63 68 20 74 75 72 6e 20 74 |iece each turn t| 00000890 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 6c 6c 20 65 78 69 |hat the mill exi| 000008a0 73 74 73 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c |sts...You are al| 000008b0 6c 6f 77 65 64 20 74 6f 20 27 6f 70 65 6e 27 20 |lowed to 'open' | 000008c0 61 20 6d 69 6c 6c 2c 20 62 79 20 6d 6f 76 69 6e |a mill, by movin| 000008d0 67 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 74 73 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 |g one its pieces| 000008e0 20 6f 75 74 20 6f 66 20 61 6c 69 67 6e 6d 65 6e | out of alignmen| 000008f0 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 27 63 6c 6f |t, and then 'clo| 00000900 73 65 27 20 69 74 20 61 67 61 69 6e 20 6f 6e 20 |se' it again on | 00000910 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 74 75 |the following tu| 00000920 72 6e 2e 20 20 57 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 |rn. When the mi| 00000930 6c 6c 20 69 73 20 72 65 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 79 |ll is reformed y| 00000940 6f 75 20 43 41 4e 20 70 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 6e 6f |ou CAN pound ano| 00000950 74 68 65 72 20 65 6e 65 6d 79 20 70 69 65 63 65 |ther enemy piece| 00000960 2e 0a 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 72 65 6d 6f |....You can remo| 00000970 76 65 20 61 6e 79 20 65 6e 65 6d 79 20 70 69 65 |ve any enemy pie| 00000980 63 65 20 79 6f 75 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 2c 20 75 |ce you choose, u| 00000990 6e 6c 65 73 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 69 65 63 65 |nless that piece| 000009a0 20 69 73 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 63 75 | is part of a cu| 000009b0 72 72 65 6e 74 20 6d 69 6c 6c 20 2d 20 61 6e 79 |rrent mill - any| 000009c0 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 | piece currently| 000009d0 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 | part of a line | 000009e0 6f 66 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 28 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 |of three (follow| 000009f0 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 6f |ing the connecto| 00000a00 72 73 20 64 72 61 77 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |rs drawn on the | 00000a10 62 6f 61 72 64 29 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 |board) cannot be| 00000a20 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 64 2e 20 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 | removed. ..The | 00000a30 65 78 63 65 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 69 |exception to thi| 00000a40 73 20 6c 61 73 74 20 72 75 6c 65 20 69 73 20 69 |s last rule is i| 00000a50 66 20 41 4c 4c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 70 |f ALL of the opp| 00000a60 6f 6e 65 6e 74 27 73 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 61 |onent's pieces a| 00000a70 72 65 20 69 6e 20 6d 69 6c 6c 73 20 28 72 61 74 |re in mills (rat| 00000a80 68 65 72 20 72 61 72 65 29 2e 20 20 49 6e 20 74 |her rare). 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Player| 00000da0 20 31 20 2d 20 a4 53 70 69 65 63 65 31 20 20 20 | 1 - .Spiece1 | 00000db0 20 20 20 20 20 20 50 6c 61 79 65 72 32 20 2d 20 | Player2 - | 00000dc0 a4 53 70 69 65 63 65 32 0a 20 20 20 0a 0a 43 6c |.Spiece2. ..Cl| 00000dd0 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 20 |ick on a square | 00000de0 74 6f 20 69 6e 73 65 72 74 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 |to insert a piec| 00000df0 65 2c 20 6f 72 20 74 6f 20 70 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 |e, or to pound t| 00000e00 68 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 61 74 |he piece on that| 00000e10 20 73 71 75 61 72 65 2e 20 20 44 72 61 67 20 74 | square. 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