
XReverse
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  This game is a very simple little X puzzle game, which is
 a familiar implementation of the classic board game othello.

  It is simple, portable and fun ;)


Playing
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  You are always black, so you always go first.

  Playing is a simple matter of clicking the mouse over the
 square you wish to occupy.

  There are some keys which you may find helpful:

	'h' to show hints.
	'n' for new game - abondon current game.
	'u' undo the last move.
	'q' for quit the program.


Strategy
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  The computer player will itereate over all the empty tiles on the
 board, and calculate a score determining how good that move is.

  The 'fitness' function is basically a combination of the number of
 pieces which would be captured by that move, weighted by some strategic
 heuristics.  (For example a corner piece is worth more than other
 pieces, as it can never be usurped).

  Fit moves:
	Corners.

  Unfit Moves:
	Squares adjacent to corner pieces.

  Edge pieces when there are and even number of pieces.

Building
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   Simply type 'make' and the game should build.


Installation
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   If after playing you wish to keep the program become the superuser
 and run 'make install'.  'make uninstall' will remove the program.

   (Note that this program cannot be run by root - just in case there
 is a security hole found in it).



Steve
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http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~skx/
