NAME

       Gridlock - collection of grid-based board games

SYNOPSIS

       Gridlock

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the Gridlock command.

       Gridlock  is a collection of several grid-based strategy games. The games include Ataxx, Reversi, Gomoku,
       Connect Four, Breakthrough, Glass Bead, Hexapawn, Quad Wrangle, Cats and Dogs and Moray Eels.

       After launching the application, the game window will appear. Select the game you want to play  from  the
       "Game" popup menu in the upper right. Some games have different starting configurations (board size, grid
       layout, etc); when one of those games are selected a "Configurations" popup menu will appear  from  which
       you can select a configuration.

       The  bottom  right  displays  the color and status of the two players.  Each player's color is shown by a
       circle; the player whose turn it is has a filled circle. For games in which players have a score  (Ataxx,
       Eeversi,  Glass  Bead),  the  scores  are shown next to the player labels.  Popup windows underneath each
       player's label allow you to specify  whether  each  player  is  human  or  computer-controlled,  and  the
       difficulty  of  computer players. (Note that "Hard" computer opponents may take a long time to make their
       moves).

       The rest of the window contains the game board. To make a move, click on the cell where you wish to place
       a piece. Ataxx and Breakthrough require that you move from one cell to another; to do this first click on
       the cell you wish to move from, then click on the cell you wish to move to. For all games, cells that are
       legal  moves will become highlighted when you move the mouse over them. If you are unable to make a move,
       you can pass by clicking the "Pass" button on the right.  The "Restart" button  will  restart  the  game,
       requiring confirmation if a game is in progress.

       You can play these games over the network. It is possible to save and load games.

SEE ALSO

       GNUstep(7).

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was  written  and  updated  by  Gürkan Sengün <gurkan@linuks.mine.nu>, for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                                October 17, 2003                                     GRIDLOCK(6)