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File contents
Triad
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Aim of the Game
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This is a board game for 2 players. The idea of the game, being to move
your piece red or blue, diagonally across the board to it's home position.
That might sound easy but the catch is, you can only move in any of the
three directions underneath your oppenents piece.
The board
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The board consists of an 8 by 8 grid. In the top left is the red
players start position and the blues start postion is in the top right. The
home squares for each player are diagonally opposite.
The four centre squares are blank, and neither player can move onto
these. The remaining squares each have three arrows on, and these are
positioned randomly at the start of each game.
Starting the Game
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The board is displayed by clicking select on the !Triad icon on the
icon bar. The first player to move is picked randomly, thereafter the
player to start alternates. New games can be started by selecting New Board
from the menu.
Making a Move
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When it is a human players turn, the valid moves the player can make
will be hilighted by yellow boxes, click select in one of these boxes to
move your piece there.
If the hilights option has been deselected from the Options dialogue
box you will have to work out where you can move to. In this situation you
can only move in directions indicated underneath your opponents piece. You
cannot move onto either of the start positions, onto any of the blank centre
squares, off the board, onto your opponents square or onto your opponents
home square. Click select on your chosen destination to move there. The
computer will not let you move to an invalid position.
The Menus
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Board Menu
New Board - Starts a new game, use when the game is over or when its is
clear that neither player can win.
Pass - Use when you have no valid places to move to. Your opponent is
then given the chance to move
Options - Brings up a dialogue box giving you the chance to change how the
game works. Click on the !Triad icon or the windows close icon
to remove this window from the screen.
Level - Changes the skill level or thinking time of a computer opponent.
Level 1 is easy level 3 is harder
Configuration - You can choose whether the blue player is the computer
or another person. Red is always played by a person
Hilites - If this item is selected, a human players valid moves are
hilighted by yellow boxes
Icon Bar Menu
Info - Gives some useful or not not so useful information
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Configu| 00000950 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 2d 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e |ration - You can| 00000960 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 | choose whether | 00000970 74 68 65 20 62 6c 75 65 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 20 |the blue player | 00000980 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 0a |is the computer.| 00000990 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 6f 72 20 61 | or a| 000009a0 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 65 72 73 6f 6e 2e 20 52 |nother person. R| 000009b0 65 64 20 69 73 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 70 6c 61 |ed is always pla| 000009c0 79 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 20 70 65 72 73 6f 6e 0a |yed by a person.| 000009d0 20 20 20 20 48 69 6c 69 74 65 73 20 2d 20 49 66 | Hilites - If| 000009e0 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 74 65 6d 20 69 73 20 73 65 | this item is se| 000009f0 6c 65 63 74 65 64 2c 20 61 20 68 75 6d 61 6e 20 |lected, a human | 00000a00 70 6c 61 79 65 72 73 20 76 61 6c 69 64 20 6d 6f |players valid mo| 00000a10 76 65 73 20 61 72 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ves are. | 00000a20 20 20 20 20 68 69 6c 69 67 68 74 65 64 20 62 79 | hilighted by| 00000a30 20 79 65 6c 6c 6f 77 20 62 6f 78 65 73 0a 0a 49 | yellow boxes..I| 00000a40 63 6f 6e 20 42 61 72 20 4d 65 6e 75 0a 0a 49 6e |con Bar Menu..In| 00000a50 66 6f 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 47 69 76 65 73 20 |fo - Gives | 00000a60 73 6f 6d 65 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 6f 72 20 6e |some useful or n| 00000a70 6f 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 73 6f 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c |ot not so useful| 00000a80 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 51 75 69 | information.Qui| 00000a90 74 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 52 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 |t - Remove | 00000aa0 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 6d 65 |the game from me| 00000ab0 6d 6f 72 79 20 |mory | 00000ab5
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