T A C T I X  - The Computer Program   (c) 1992 C.Yarnall.
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	TACTIX is a board game played by removing counters from a
4x4 grid. You and the computer take turns to remove pieces from
the board and the player who takes the last piece loses the game.

	At each turn a player may remove between 1 and 4 counters
from any row or column. The pieces taken must all be adjacent
to each other (so there are no gaps in the line taken) and must
be taken from the same row or column. You are not allowed to take
pieces diagonally.

	To select the pieces that you want to remove you must position
the pointer on a counter and press the left mouse button. Move the
pointer to the last counter in the line that you want to take and
press the left mouse button again. The two counters that you have
selected and any between them will be taken. If you only want to
take one counter just position the pointer over it and press the
left mouse botton twice.

	Before each game you will be asked if you want to go first, and
at the end of the game you will be asked if you want another game.
To reply to these questions you should select either the yes or no
box by positioning the pointer and pressing the left mouse button.


	Unlike NIM there is no simple strategy to playing TACTIX. You
will probably find this program difficult to beat but I can assure
you that it can be beaten. 


	The game TACTIX was devised in about 1949 by Piet Hein of 
Copenhagen. Hein also devised the game of HEX and an interesting 
puzzle called the SOMA CUBE which is going through a renewed phase
of popularity.

	Danish readers may know Piet Hein better for his witty poetry 
under the pseudonym Kumbel.




                          COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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	The copyright of TACTIX the computer program remains the property
of the author. Permission to duplicate the program is granted on the
following conditions:

1)	TACTIX the program and this document are to be distributed together
	and must remain unaltered. 

2)	TACTIX the program is not to be used for commercial gain or to be
	associated with any commercial enterprise without written permission
	from the author.

3)	Anyone that includes TACTIX the program in a publication of any 
	description including Public Domain disk complilations must send a
	copy of the publication to the author at the following address:
	
			    93 Manchester Road,
				Wilmslow,
				Cheshire,
				ENGLAND.
				SK9 2JQ.