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StarInfo/Whitehouse/!Hneftafl/Instr
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Whitehouse/!Hneftafl/Instr |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0862 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
�HEADER
This file should be loaded from inside Hneftafl.
�U<Hneftafl$Dir>.WinSprs
�END
Instructions for Hneftafl
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The game of Hneftafl was published in the April 95 Acorn User. The article described the origins of the game and the rules for playing it. The cover disc for that issue included a non-desktop version of the game.
This program is a desktop equivalent of that program (but without the undo facility). The game requires two players, and this version sadly doesn't include a computer player.
The rules of Hneftafl
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Hneftafl is for two players, the first plays the 'Swedes' and the other plays the 'Muskovits'.
The playing board is 9x9 squares.
The Swede side consists of a chief and 8 followers. The chief starts on the middle square of the board. The Swedes win if their chief can reach the edge of the board.
The Muskovits have 16 soldiers who start in 4 camps - one on each edge of the board. The Muskovits win if they capture the Swede chief.
Movement
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Pieces move along horizontal or vertical lines. They cannot move diagonally. Pieces cannot hop over other pieces, and only one piece is allowed on each square.
Furthermore pieces may not move into (or over) the camp squares from outide - not even their own camps. A Muskovit piece can move around inside its own camp before it leaves it.
Taking pieces
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You capture an enemy piece by positioning two of your pieces on opposite sides of it. (ie either one above and one below, or one to the left and the other to the right).
The Swede chief cannot be used to capture Muskovit pieces.
The Swede chief can only be captured by 4 pieces - one in each direction. However for this purpose the Muskovit camps count as if they were pieces. Thus the chief can occasionally be captured by just 2 Muskovit pieces and 2 camp squares.
Playing the computer version
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To move a piece drag it from its old position into its new place.
The sprites used for the icons are :
�Sswede - Swede follower
�Schief - Swede chief
�Smuskovit - Muskovit soldier
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