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- │ Rules of the game │
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- │ E X P L O D I N G A T O M S │
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- Playing board
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- This game is played on the chessboard with 8 x 8
- fields. Each of these fields has a value. This value is
- equal to the number of neighboring fields in horizontal and
- vertical direction.
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- Example:
- - the value of the field A1 is equal to 2 (this field has
- two neighbors),
- - the value of the field A2 is 3, the value of the field
- B2 is 4, etc.
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- A B C
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- 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 3 │
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- 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 4 │
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- 3 │ 3 │ 4 │ 4 │
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- This value determines the number of ATOMS which can be
- on the given field (this will be use at explosion, see
- below).
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- Note: Playing pieces are called ATOMS in this game.
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- Aim of the game
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- The aim of the game is to reach the state where the
- ATOMS of only one color are on the chessboard. It doesn't
- pertain to the first move.
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- Rules of the game
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- This game is played by two players. One of them can be
- replaced by the computer. The first player has red ATOMS,
- the second player has blue ATOMS. The player with red ATOMS
- starts the game and the players take turns moving.
- The player whose turn it is puts one ATOM on one field
- of the chessboard. This field can't be occupied by ATOMS of
- another color (the field can be empty or with your ATOMS).
- If the number of ATOMS on one field of the chessboard is
- equal to the value of this field, an explosion takes place.
- An explosion is an action, in which the ATOMS from the given
- field are dispersed to the neighboring fields and the
- exploding field will be empty. Explosions are directed by
- the following rules:
- - if the neighboring field is empty, after the explosion
- there will be one ATOM of your color from the exploding
- field,
- - if on the neighboring field there were some ATOMS of your
- color, after the explosion the number of atoms on this
- field will be increased by one ATOM from exploding field,
- - if on the neighboring field there were some ATOMS of your
- opponent's color, after the explosion the number of atoms
- on this field will be increased by one ATOM from exploding
- field and all of these atoms will be re-colored to your
- color.
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- If there are explodable fields on the chess-board an
- explosion will obviously follow - perhaps leading to chain
- reactions, which are most interesting. We suggest you see
- DEMO for yourself.
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- We wish you plenty of fun playing this game.
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- InteReS
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