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^CJohn Besnard


    ^1Wari^0 is one of the earliest game types played.  In its first form, 
 twelve small pits (six for each player) were dug in the ground with pebbles 
 used as game pieces.  A player's turn consisted of picking up the pebbles 
 from one of his pits and distributing them, one at a time, among the other 
 pits.  If the last pebble dropped in an opponent's pit and that pit contained 
 two or three pebbles, the player "captured" those pebbles and removed them 
 from the game.  The winner was the person with the most "captured" pebbles. 
 

 ^1Game Instructions^0

    The game board consists of twelve boxes: six for you and six for your 
 opponent.  At the start of the game, each box contains four pebbles.  Select 
 a box on your side of the board by pressing the corresponding number, usually 
 from 1 to 6, located above it.  Only numbers for legal moves are shown.  
 
    The pebbles pop out of the box you select and drop one at a time into each 
 box counterclockwise from the one you selected.  
 
    Try to make the very last pebble drop onto your opponent's side. If that 
 happens and the box it dropped into now contains two or three pebbles, you 
 take those pebbles.  They pop from his box into your "capture box" on the 
 right side of the screen. 
 
    Then, look one box clockwise from the box just emptied.  If THAT box 
 contains two or three rocks, you get those too.  And the next . . . And the 
 next . . . Until you get to a box that has less than two pebbles, or has more 
 than three pebbles, or belongs to you.  Then your turn ends. 

    The player to capture 24 or more pebbles, wins!

    If it's your turn, and you have no moves, the computer will declare the 
 game a draw.  This is a variation on the original version of Wari, in which 
 each player must, if possible, leave his opponent with a move. 


 ^1Game Strategy^0

    Each of the pits containing 1 or 2 pebbles is vulnerable to attack.  This 
 is especially true if your opponent is in attacking position (e.g., a pit 
 three away contains three pebbles).  Defend by either moving the attacked 
 pebble(s) or adding a pebble to a pit with two. 

    On offense, try to arrange your pits so that they attack the largest number 
 of enemy pits possible.  Try to maintain as many pebbles on your side of the 
 board as possible.  If you have over 12 pebbles in a single pit, even an empty 
 pit on your opponent's side can be attacked! 


 ^1Important keys^0

      <F1>   Displays a short set of the rules.

      <F2>   Activates a drop down menu that lets you select your 
             game opponent.  Move the cursor up and down using the 
             arrow keys and press <SPACE> to select the item to 
             the right of the cursor.  Press <ENTER> to accept any 
             changes made OR <ESC> to abort changes made to the 
             opponents list.  As you increase the computer skill 
             level, the image of the computer will be shown with 
             more "teeth".  Just think of them as wisdom teeth! 

      <F3>   Turns the sound on and off.

      <F4>   Allows you to restart at any time.

      <F5>   Allows you to take back a move.  NOTE: If you take back a
             computer's move, it will try to move again instantly.  To
             take back two moves in a row, if you are playing against
             a computer, press <F5> twice rapidly.

      <ESC>  Asks if you really want to quit.


 ^1Artificial Intelligence^0

    This game uses some elements of the early research into artificial 
 intelligence.  The computer selects its move by first generating each possible 
 move from its current position and evaluating its effectiveness.  It randomly 
 selects from the best moves, so each game is different. 

    If you are clever, you can play the computer against itself and determine 
 how it "thinks".  Use this knowledge to your advantage, but "BE-WARI" the 
 computer doesn't make too many mistakes. 

    To run this program outside the ^1BIG BLUE DISK^0 menu, type ^1WARI^0.

 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FWARI.EXE

