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 XFORTRESS(6)                                                   XFORTRESS(6)
                      1.0/19 Mar 1993 - 2.0/3 Oct 1996



 NAME
      xfortress - game for X

 SYNOPSIS
      xfortress [ any standard X-options ]

 GAME BASICS
      you must beat your opponent by having the main part of the territory.
      There are three fortification levels, to obtain the control over one
      square you must have more influence on it than your adversary. if you
      have more influence than your opponent on a square occupied by him,
      his castle is destroyed.
      You can find more informations on the web
      http://www.netsurf.org/fortress/rules.html
      REMEMBER : you must have more influence than him at the end of the 21
      turns !!! Do NOT try to kill him every time. it can cost you the
      victory !!

 BOXES
      PLAY : forces the computer to play
      SINGLE / TWO : show the mode : one or two players. you can change the
      mode by clicking in the button box.
      RESET : restart the game.
      WARN / NOWARN : show the state of the warn indicator.  when set, the
      warn option allows you to see when a castle is about to be taken : it
      closes its door. It is helpful because it is quite difficult for an
      average human to have a quick look over all the castles.

 STRATEGY
      You may notice that sometimes it plays really bad in the end.  It must
      be an illusion! It is only that he found that it will win by playing
      here, it doesn't search the best move at the end, only the one which
      makes him win.  Good Luck !!

 VERSION
      Ver 1.1 (16 Mar 93).  Ver 2.0.0 (3 Oct 96).

 BUGS
      You can redo the strategy or the graphic interface.  Any improvement
      will be accepted !!  mail all modification to lafon@w3.org.

 COPYRIGHT
      This game was created a long time ago, its name was 'fortress'.  I
      remember that I played this game when I had an Apple II (tm), so I
      don't know who created it. But i made this X-version !!

 AUTHOR
      Yves LAFON <lafon@w3.org>






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