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- W H E E L S A N D B O N E S
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- by Rick Ferreira
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- All began with Og. He wuz smart Neanderthal (we call sumtimes Wise Og)
- who make first wheel. Whut wheel do, we still not know but he say it great
- invenshun. Hey, least it not burn like dang fire. Anyway, he scratch lines
- in dirt -- two cross, two down. Not bad art, eh? Then Og get wheels and
- sum bones frum ded dinusore. Plenny of them laying round since that dang
- comet hit. Then he say, "Ug, you be bones. I be wheels. We play two games
- with lines. Game One we try get three -- that one more than two, okay? --
- in row. Cross, down or diagunal."
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- Ug look confused (normal) so Og say, "Game One call Tic-Tac-Toe. Don't
- ask why. First one get three in row win. What say?"
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- Ug scratch hed and say, "What diagunal mean?" Og hit Ug bout hed and
- body. Og say, "Next game call Wheels And Bones. It same as Tic-Tac-Toe
- except try NOT get three in row. Get three in row and lose."
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- Ug look like he understand so Og get worried. "Two more rules for
- Wheels And Bones. If you play bones (look like X) on both side of wheel
- (look like O) last play switch. Like this:
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- X ! O ! X = last play X ! O ! O
- --------- ---------
- ! ! turn into this ! !
- --------- ---------
- ! ! ! !
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- "In Wheels And Bones it good idea to get last play to switch," Og
- explaned. "You don't want get three in row. Last rule. If you play and
- trap wheel in corner, last play switch. Like this:
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- ! X ! O turn into this ! X ! O
- --------- ---------
- ! ! X = last play ! ! O
- --------- ---------
- ! ! ! !
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- "See how it work?" Og ask. Ug mumble sumthing but can't hear cuz of volcano
- erupt. Rock hit Ug on hed. Ug say, "I get it now. Try NOT get three in
- row. But what diagunal mean?"
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- Og scratch hed and mutter, "Oy vey."
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- Use mouse or joystick to play. Don't eat mouse. Don't beat mate with
- joystick. Use to play game and move wheel and bones. Score kept so you can
- see who smarter, Og or Ug. Two cavemen play or one caveman (Og) play
- against computer who play for Ug. Ug play like dum caveman or like smart
- computer. You chuze. Computer made of rock not reel smart, but better than
- dum caveman. Og looking forward to Bronze Age. Got great idea for game
- made from automatic transmishun. Call Chess.
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- FT
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