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- *** ONE ***
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- Written by: Ron Coffen
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- ONE is a game similar to the popular
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- party game UNO (UNO is a registered
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- trademark of IGI). You'll love this
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- one because you can play it any time
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- you want! With ONE you can match wits
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- against your very own computer! From
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- now on when I refer the the computer,
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- I will call him Kniel.
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- It is a user friendly game for
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- almost all ages. If you are not
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- LOADing the game from within LOADSTAR,
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- you can LOAD it by typing-
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- LOAD"ONE",8
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- Before starting the game, Kniel does
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- a few things for you. First, Kniel
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- begins by LOADing music to amuse you
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- while playing the game. (There is one
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- other purpose for this music as you
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- will see later.) Next, Kniel shuffles
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- the cards. Be patient because it
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- usually takes about 15 seconds.
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- Lastly, Kniel randomly chooses who
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- goes first.
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- Kniel will then take the top card
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- off of the draw pile and put it on the
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- screen. Your cards will be displayed
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- at the top of the screen.
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- When it is your turn you will see a
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- white arrow underneath the first card
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- in you hand. To move the arrow to
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- the card you wish to play, simply use
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- the right cursor key. The arrow will
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- move to the next card. Do this until
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- it is positioned under the card you
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- want to play. When you have
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- positioned the arrow press the
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- RETURN key. Your card will be placed
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- onto the pile (providing it is a legal
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- card to play). If you haven't played
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- a card permitting you to go again,
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- your cards will be updated and
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- reprinted on the screen, after which
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- Kniel will take his turn.
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- At this point, you should watch the
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- play pile so that you can see what
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- card Kniel plays. Kniel always tells
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- you how many cards he has left.
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- If you do not have a card you can
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- play you must draw a card. To do
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- this simply position the white arrow
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- under the word "DRAW". Kniel will ask
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- you if you really want to draw a
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- card. Answer him with a Y or N. If
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- after drawing a card you are still
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- unable to play you will notice that
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- the word "DRAW" has changed to
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- "PASS". Since you can't play, move
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- the arrow under the word and press
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- RETURN. Again Kniel will ask you if
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- you are sure you want to pass.
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- If you and/or Kniel have one card
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- left the music will change. The
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- change is fairly obvious, instead of
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- playing all three voices, only the
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- third voice is played.
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- When someone wins, either you or
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- Kniel, the loser's cards are shown;
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- the score is totaled; and the number
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- of games that both of you have won
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- is displayed.
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- After a hand you may type 'Y' to
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- play again or 'N' if you wish to end
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- the game. If you try entering
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- anything other than a word beginning
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- with 'Y' or 'N', you'll get a suprise!
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- Here are the rules for playing a
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- legal card:
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- 1. The card you play must be the same
- color as the top card in the pile.
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- - OR -
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- 2. The card you play must have the
- same 'face' as top card in the
- pile. For example, you can play
- a BLUE four onto a RED four. You
- can also play a GREEN skip onto a
- BLUE skip.
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- - OR -
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- 3. The card you play must be a WILD
- or a WILD DRAW FOUR card. With
- either of these cards, you get to
- select the new playing color. If
- you play a WILD DRAW FOUR, then
- Kniel must draw four cards from
- the deck.
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- The goal of ONE is to get rid of all
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- of your cards before your opponent (in
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- this case Kniel) does.
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- Here is a list of the "special" cards
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- in the ONE deck:
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- S : An S card means a skip. After
- you play a skip card, you get
- to play another card. In other
- words, Kniel has been skipped.
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- D : A D card means draw two. If
- you play a draw two card, then
- Kniel must draw two cards from
- the deck. Likewise, if Kniel
- plays a draw two card, then you
- must take two more cards.
- Whoever plays a draw two card
- gets to play again.
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- R : A R card means reverse.
- Whoever plays a reverse card
- gets to play again.
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- W : A W card specifies a wild card.
- Whoever plays a wild card gets
- to pick the new playing color.
- After playing a wild card, play
- continues as normal. In other
- words, whoever plays a wild
- card does not get to play
- again.
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- W with four colors on it :
- This is a wild draw four. It
- is a powerful card. By playing
- this card, you force your
- opponent to draw four cards,
- you get to pick the new playing
- color, and you get to play
- again. Whew! This is a bit
- like playing a wild card and
- two draw twos at the same time.
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