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- # MICE MOVES DIRECTIONS
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- # OBJECTIVE
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- The objective of Mice Moves is to push and position your blue mice
- as high as you can onto your opponents side of the game board.
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- # GAME PLAY
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- At the beginning of the game, there will be a game board that will
- have your blue mice located at the bottom and your opponents red
- mice at the top. The computer will randomly select the player who
- will take the first move.
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- When it's your turn to move, a blue referee mouse will appear on the
- bottom row of the game board. Using your arrow keys, you can maneuver
- this referee mouse up, down, right or left. Your move will be complete
- when you've pushed one of your blue mice either up, or to the right or
- left. You cannot push your mice down. The values your mice have on
- each row is indicated by the blue square to the left of the game
- board, and the red's value is to the right. Each row represents
- 5 points. So a blue mouse located on the 3rd row is worth 15 points
- (3*5)=15. The higher you can get your mice to the top of the board,
- the higher the point value will be. The same is true for the red
- mice, yet in reverse from top to bottom.
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- If you can get your mice to reach the top row of the board, he will
- be worth 100 points and will be taken off the game board. The values
- of all the mice on the board, plus the mice you've pushed to the top
- of the board will comprise your total score.
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- Each side will take turns pushing their mice until no further moves
- are possible. If one side cannot make a move, then the other side will
- take another turn if it is still possible for them to do so. If you
- push your mouse to the very side of the game board either right or
- left, then it will be removed from the board and NO POINTS will be
- awarded. Any player that has a valid move must make a move even if it
- is to your disadvantage to do so.
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- # CHEESE BLOCKS
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- At the beginning of play the two sets of mice, both red and blue, are
- set up in an identical arrangement. There are also random cheese blocks
- which are placed somewhere between the two opposing mouse teams. These
- cheese blocks cannot be moved and will remain there for the remainder
- of the game.
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- # SCORING
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- The total running score for each side is located at the bottom of
- the board. All the mice on the board carry a point value
- corresponding to the row they are on. Therefore pushing a blue mouse
- from the 3rd row (15 points) to the 5th row (25 points) will add 10
- more points to your score shown at the bottom. A blue mouse that
- reaches the very top row will be worth 100 points and will be removed
- from the board.
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- Each Row Higher : 5 points
- Top Row : 100 points
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- # STRATEGY
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- As you begin to play Mice Moves, you will see that sometimes it is not
- to your advantage to always push your mice up the board, even though
- it is worth more points at that moment. Strategically blocking your
- opponents mice and trapping them at the top of the board becomes a
- very important element if one is to succeed in having the highest
- point total at the end of the game.
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- # KEY ASSIGNMENTS
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- The key assignments below the game board can be accessed at anytime
- during the game.
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- <S>ound : Toggles Sound On/Off
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- <H>elp : Mice Move Directions
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- <N>ew : Begins a New Game
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- s<O>leau : Soleau Software Game Information
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- <Q>uit : Quits Mice Moves
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- & This version of Soleau Software's Mice Moves is distributed as
- & Shareware. Please see the closing screen or the Mice_reg.doc file
- & for details on the registered version featuring new initial mice
- & setups, plus the ability to play against another human opponent !!!
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