Copyright: Copyright ® 1994 Rafael Nieves


Contents

Overview

Menus

How To Install

How To Play

How To Register

Strategy and Hints

License Agreement


Overview

WinDominoes 1.08 is based on the principles and rules of Dominoes.

Dominoes itself is a game that responds to variations and changes according

to the region or country where it is played.  Dominoes as other interesting and

clever games was invented in China many centuries ago.  Pa-Chin invented it

to the request of Ta-Dao in response of the increasing popularity of a new game

that  became the attention of everyone including kings.  This game was chess.

Dominoes was introduced in Europe by Giovanni Malatesta, an italian merchant

who visited China and learned the game.  Soon Dominoes  was very popular

and played everywhere.

The implementation of this game in computer is a resemblance of that

game invented in China,  relying both of them in the luck and skill of the players.


Menus

The game of WinDominoes  1.08 has three pull down menus.

The three pull down menus are :


How To Install

To Install  WinDominoes  1.08 , simply type in the Run Command

  b:\ fsetup   if you are installing from a diskette or   c:\fsetup   if you are

installing from the hard disk.  The installation program will create a directory,

 put the files on it  and create a Program Manager Group for the application.


How To Play

Playing Dominoes is very easy.  The game of Dominoes contains 28

pieces and it is played in pairs.  Two players play against another two players

so you will have a partner.  Your partner is in front of you and your opponents

are one at  your left and the other one at  your right.  The pieces are shuffled

and each player  receives 7 pieces.  The game is  played in a counterclockwise

motion.  Each player plays one piece at a time taking consecutive turns.

The game begins with the player having double six  taking the first

move.  The play continues each player playing a piece when it is his turn. If a

player does not have any piece to play on the move, he pass and the next

player proceeds to take his turn to play.  This action continues until one player

plays all  his pieces or until there is a  blocked game.  In both cases

the hand have finished and the remaining pieces will be counted  and added

to the total of points of the winning couple.  If the game was a blocked game ,

then each couple will count their pieces and the couple with less points win

the hand.   The game continues until one couple reach 200 points.


How To Register

To register, print the registration form by selecting the corresponding sub-menu

in the Help menu, fill it  and sent  $20.00 dollars to :

Rafael Nieves Torres

PO Box  22444

San Juan, PR    00931-2444

You can also use the CompuServe Registration Database.  Type GO SWREG

and select to register    2764.

You will receive a  diskette with the latest version of WinDominoes.

Any suggestions or comments are welcome.


Strategy and Hints

There are here some guidelines you must  follow so you can play

competitive dominoes with your opponents.  As I remarked before, these

players know how to play the game.  They do not simply put the pieces in

place; those movements have some reason and justification to be made.

Your decisions also should have a logical reason so your partner can do

reasonable moves.

1.  Try to play the to the number you have more pieces.

2.  Try to block opponent's moves.

3. Try to play doubles first.

4. Try to play greater value pieces first.


Game

The game menu has four selections you can make. They are :

New

Exit


New

Begin to play a brand new game from scratch.  Settings will be default.


Exit

Exit  the program and return to the shell.


Options

The Options menu has two selections to choose from.

These selections are :

Players

Speed

Review

Records


Players

  	This menu selection pops up a dialog for choosing the players.


Speed

This menu selection pops up a dialog for choosing the time every

player takes to play.


Help

This menu selection runs this Help File.


Players ListBox

You will use this listbox  to

choose the players that you

want to play this game.

Use drag to select a player

and drop to assign a face

and  player.


But 1

Use this button to select  a face for yourself.


But 2

Use this button to select a face for your opponent.


But 3

Use this button to select a face for your partner.


But 4

Use this button to select a face for your opponent.


Bit 1

Choose the bitmap you prefer by pressing the button at your left.


Bit 2

Choose the bitmap you prefer by pressing the button at your left.


Bit 3

Choose the bitmap you prefer by pressing the button at your left.


Bit 4

Choose the bitmap you prefer by pressing the button at your left.


Edit 1

Use this edit box to drop the name of the player that will  represent  yourself.


Edit 2

Use this edit box to drop the name of the player that will represent  one of your opponents.


Edit 3

Use this edit box to drop the name of the player that will represent your partner.


Edit 4

Use this edit box to drop the name of the player that will  represent  one of your opponents.


Add Button

Use this button to add new players to the listbox.


Ok Button

Use this button to accept your settings and close the dialog.


Cancel Button

Use this button to cancel  your settings and close the dialog.


License Agreement

WinDominoes      Copyright © 1994

   Rafael Nieves

  All rights reserved.

You are  licensed to  use this software for a 30 day trial period.

You can make as many copies of this software as you wish; give exact

copies to anyone or distribute it  without modifications via modem.

You are specifically prohibited from charging, requesting donations

and/or distributing this software with other products without prior written

permission of the author.

Use of WinDominoes after the trial period without registering

is a violation of  federal copyright  laws.  This is not free software.  This

license allows you to use this software for evaluation purposes without

charge for a period of 30 days.  If you use this software after the 30 day

trial period a registration fee of  $20  is required.  Payment must be in

US dollars.  When payment is received you will be sent a registered

copy of the latest version of WinDominoes.  One registered copy of

WinDominoes may either be used by a single person who uses the

software personally on one or more computers, or installed on a single

workstation used non simultaneously by multiple people, but not both.

THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD "AS IS"

AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.

THE USER ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THIS PROGRAM.

ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO

PRODUCT REPLACEMENT..


Blocked Game

When none of the players can play any more pieces.


Pass

When a player does not have a piece to play in his turn.


Hand

A round of  Dominoes.


Review

This menu selection pops up a dialog in which you can check what

have been the plays done already in the game.


Records

This menu selection brings up a dialog box in which you can verify

your actual win and losses record.