REVERSI     (Cactus Software)
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Introduction / Rules
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  Reversi was invented about a hundred years ago, and is one of the best games
that can be played on a chess board. The object of the game is to have as many
as possible of your pieces on the board when the game ends.

  White begins by putting one of his pieces on one of the four middle squares.
Black puts one of  his pieces on  another middle square. White  then puts  his
second piece on a third middle square and  Black puts his second piece on  the
last middle square. These four squares must be filled first.

  After the  four middle squares have been filled  the players take it in turn
to put out pieces one at a time. Each piece must be placed on a square next to
one  that has  an enemy piece on it, either straight  up and down, or straight
across,  or diagonally. It must  also trap some of the  enemy's pieces between
itself and another  piece of the same colour with no spaces  at any point. The
enemy piece, or pieces, between the two pieces  at each end are 'captureed' by
turning them over so  that the whole line shows the same colour. The pieces do
not  move  from one square to  another but they  can be turned over many times
during  a game.  More than one  line  can be  captured by the addition of  one
piece.

  The pieces that  need  to  be  turned over are  automatically turned by  the
program. You may find that you cannot make a legal move. This is determined by
the program, and if this happens you miss a turn and keep on missing your turn
until you can make a legal move.

  The game ends when all sixty-four pieces  have been placed on the board,  or
when neither player can  move. The winner is  the player with the  most pieces
showing his colour on the board at the end of the game.

  Moves  are entered  by pressing  the appropriate  letter  and number for the
square required. Each move  is checked  for validity  and if  the move  is not
valid a message will flash and you must re-enter the move.


If at  any point  during  the  game you wish to  abandon, press 'Esc'.