Introduction:

  Ultimate Backgammon has an easy to use menu system.
  At the bottom right portion of the  screen you will 
  see  the menu area. To select a menu item, you may 
  either type the first character of the menu item 
  (i.e. "F" for Forfeit), or click the mouse cursor 
  (if you have a mouse) on the desired menu item. 


Main Menu Commands:          

  Options:

  Selecting the Options entry from the main menu will 
  display the options sub-menu consisting of the 
  following (a detailed description of the options is 
  in your users manual)

    Load/Save       : Load a previously saved game or
                      Save a game in progress

    Modem/Net Play  : Allows you to Play Backgammon 
                      over a modem or network with
                      another Ultimage Backgammon user. 
                      See the "Modem/Network Play" 
                      section of your printed manual 
                      for more information.

    History         : Select player/View score history

    Board           : Lets you load a different board      
                      design.
    
    Defaults        : Allows you to define the 
                      "Default" configuration settings 
                      for Ultimate Backgammon.

    Tourn           : Allows you to play a point based 
                      tournament against the computer.
    
    Game Log        : Writes a log of all moves to the 
                      disk.

    Edit Game       : Displays the game edit menu.
                      See the manual for more info.


  Double:

    The Double command is used to double the stakes 
    of the game. Initially neither player owns the 
    doubling cube, and it's value is set to 1, it 
    appears in the middle of the board. Either player 
    may offer to double when the doubling cube is 
    unowned. As soon as one player offers to double 
    the player who accepts the double gets possession 
    of the cube and then only he may double (the cube 
    changes color to the color of the player). If 
    either player refuses the double, that player 
    forfeits the game. 

  Style:

    The style command allows you to change the games 
    style of play. There are three styles of play 
    available: 

          Conservative, Aggressive, and Out For Blood. 

  Backup:

    Allows you to backup to the beginning of your Turn. 

  Forfeit:

    If you clearly see you are loosing and you don't 
    want to hear the remarks the computer makes when 
    it wins, select Forfeit to abandon the game.
    (It will however be scored as a loss for you).

  Quit:

    When dinners ready or you simply can't tolerate 
    any more backgammon, type the Q key and the game 
    will return you to DOS. 

  Help:

    Selecting help will display this help file on 
    your screen during play.


  Rolling the Dice:

    The space bar is used to roll the dice. When 
    it's your turn to move, hit the space bar to 
    roll the dice. 

    Mouse Users may roll the dice by clicking the 
    left mouse button anywhere on the playing board 
    or in the dice area.

Moving/Playing: 

  Please note: The "BAR" is slot 0.

  Keyboard Users:

    To move a man type an "M". A form will appear 
    near the bottom of the screen. Enter the 
    location you wish to move from and the value 
    of the dice you wish to use separated by a comma, 
    (e.g entering a "12,5", would move your man from 
    the 12 slot 5 spaces). The bar is designated as 
    slot 0. Press enter to complete the move or the 
    ESC key to cancel a move.

  Mouse Users: 

    To move a man simply click the mouse cursor on 
    the man you wish to move, that man will then 
    become the mouse cursor. Move the man where you
    wish it to be and click the mouse button again.

  Multiple-Move: You may move a man more than one 
    dice at a time, for instance if you rolled a 
    5 and an 3, you could move one man eight spaces 
    by selecting the destination slot as 8 from the 
    origin slot. However either the 5 or the 3 
    move must be a legal move for that man.

  AutoMove : There are 4 levels of "Auto Move" 
    available, see the explanation of Auto Moves 
    in the printed manual.

Bearing Off:

  Keyboard Users:

    Bearing off men is the same as moving them, 
    simply select the man you wish to bear off 
    followed by the dice value you wish to use to
    move the man. 

  Mouse Users:

    Simply pick up a man with the mouse cursor and
    drop it in the bear off tray to bear off a man.

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