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Chapter 2. Playing

Basics

A move consists of outflanking your opponents disc(s), then flipping the outflanked disc(s) to reveal your color. A move is performed by placing the mouse pointer over the desired square then left mouse button click.

To outflank means to place a disc on the board so that your opponent's row(s) of disc(s) is bordered at each end by a disc of your color. A row may be made up of one or more discs.

The game starts with each player having two discs automatically placed in the center four squares of the board in the following pattern:


KReversi opening position

Board Layout


Menu Bar

The Menu Bar contains several choices of drop-down menus. These are Game, Move, View, Settings, and Help. Click with the left mouse button or Alt+the underlined letter to show the drop-down menu.

Toolbar

Provides the player with icon shortcuts for commonly used actions. These are New, Stop Thinking, Continue Thinking, Undo, Show Menubar, Hint, Show Last Move, and Show Legal Moves. Place the mouse pointer over any of these icons and click with the left mouse button to activate.

Game Board

The game board consists of a 8 by 8 square board divided into 64 squares.

Status Bar

The status bar displays whose turn it is.

The field on the right side of the game board contains useful information such as which color represents each player, the number of squares each player controls on the board and displays all moves in the current game.

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