_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ This game is a computer version of TRUNDLE. For those of you who dont know how to play Trundle- you are not alone. trundle is a new and unique card game. My sister once told me that it reminded her a bit of some other card game, the name of which I forget. Anyway. If you have never played Trundle, fear not. It is a simple, easy to learn game, with few rules. 1.....The rules 2.....Winning the game 3.....Walkthrough 4.....Scoring 5.....Contact information [1:rules]-------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule #1: You are dealt fourteen cards at the beginning of the game, and you cannot claim victory unless you have exactly fourteen cards. Durring game play however, you can have as many as eighteen or as few as zero Rule #2: There are no turns. Discard and draw cards as fast as you possibly can. The computer opponent will not wait for you. Rule #3: To win, you must collect three sets of four of a kind. A set consists of all the cards of the same value- One of each suit. [2:winning]------------------------------------------------------------------ Therefore, a winning hand is three sets of four of a kind, plus two more cards, making a total of fourteen. J J J J Q Q Q Q K K K K 2 3 would be a winning hand. 5 5 5 5 A A A A 9 9 9 9 J J would also be a winning hand. The cards dont need to be in any kind of order. 8 9 K 2 2 2 5 8 8 2 9 8 9 9 is a winning hand. Too few, or too many cards will loose you the game. J J J J Q Q Q Q K K K K 2 3 5 would NOT be a winning hand 5 5 5 5 A A A A 9 9 9 9 J nor would this. The face value of cards is irrelevant. a set of 2's is just as good as a set of Queens. Jokers, however, are wild. [3:walkthrough]-------------------------------------------------------------- type CARD from the dos prompt, or select CARD.EXE from your file manager to start playing. You will begin at the INTRO screen. Here you can read brief instructions, and view the game's credits. Left-click on one of the three buttons at the bottom of the screen to start playing. EASY, NORMAL, and HARD are your options. They effect the speed and competence of your computer opponent, and the number of points at stake. After clicking a diffuculty button, you will be taken to the HAND VIEW screen. The computer will deal you fourteen cards. You have a brief time to sort your cards and plan your strategy. Once this time is up, Warren, the computer opponent starts playing, and you can freely discard and draw cards. To bring a card to the top of the pile, left-click on any visible part of it. You can move a card by clicking on it and dragging. To discard a card, drag it to the dark blue box in the upper right of the screen, and release the mouse button. Clicking on the dark blue box will take you to the ROOM screen In the ROOM screen, you will see the computer opponent, Warren, the card table, the slush fund (discard pile), and the prize money. Left clicking on the table will take you to the SLUSH FUND screen. The other features of the ROOM screen will be discussed later. The SLUSH FUND is where your cards go when you discard them. While you are in the SLUSH FUND, you will periodically see cards jump away, or drop down of their own accord. These are the cards that Warren is drawing or discarding. All the cards in the slush fund are face down, but they each still have a specific value. They are not random. Cards in the SLUSH FUND may be moved around in the same manner as cards in HAND VIEW. To draw a card, drag it to the green box at the bottom of the screen. The card will go directly to your hand. If you have too many cards in your hand, you cannot draw more. To exit back to the ROOM screen, click on the green box. Move back and forth between the HAND VIEW screen and the SLUSH FUND, discarding and drawing cards until you think you have a winning hand. When you have three sets of four, and a total of fourteen, go to ROOM view, and left-click on the prize money. This will open a window that asks you if you have a winning hand. If you clicked the prize money by mistake, you can click NO, and continue playing. If you are ready to win, click YES, and you will be taken to the VICTORY screen. On the VICTORY screen, your cards will be counted and sorted automatically, and if you have a winning hand, You will win the round. If Warren gets a winning hand before you do, he will claim the prize money, and you will automatically be taken to the VICTORY screen. If Warren is the one claiming victory, his face will be displayed on the right side of the screen. After the round is over, a button will appear maked `Play again?' If you click it, you will be taken back to the INTRO screen. The ROOM screen has two extra features. 1: Clicking on Warren's face will change his expression. His mood reflects the approximate quality of his hand. The poor fool just cant keep a strait poker face. 2: If you play more than one round, two meters will appear at the top of the ROOM screen. The first meter shows your overall winnings, and the second meter shows Warren's overall winnings. [4:scoring]------------------------------------------------------------------ Points are awarded only to the winner. the points are calculated as follows 1 point just for winning 1 point if your two extra cards are of the same value 1 more point if the two matching extra cards are face cards 5 points for each extra joker (a joker that is not used as part of a set) These points are then multiplied according to your difficulty setting, and added to your running total. easy- X1 normal- X2 hard- X4 [5:info]--------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have questions, comments, praise, complaints, confused ramblings, or any other kind of feedback, or if you need technical support, contact us at: Also, If you lack a DOS mouse driver, contact us and we can find you one for free ASAP! spam@cyberverse.com or http://www.cyberverse.com/~spam/HamsterRepublic.html or Search for the keywords `spiffy hamster games' on just about any good search engine. or write to: Hamster Republic Productions P.O.Box 2245 Julian California 92036 or write to: BriTech International 2021 w.177 street Torrance, California 90504