The KReversi Handbook
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# Chapter 2. Playing

# 2.1. Basics

A move consists of outflanking your opponents disc(s), then flipping the outflanked disc(s) to reveal your color. A move is performed by placing the mouse pointer over the desired square then left mouse button click.

To outflank means to place a disc on the board so that your opponent's row(s) of disc(s) is bordered at each end by a disc of your color. A row may be made up of one or more discs.

The game starts with each player having two discs automatically placed in the center four squares of the board in the following pattern:

Board Layout

Menu Bar

  The Menu Bar contains four choices of drop-down menus. These are File, Game, Setting, and Help. left mouse button click or Alt+the underlined letter to show the drop-down menu.

Tool Menu

  Provides the player with icon shortcuts for commonly used actions. These are Stop Thinking, Undo Move, Shrink Board, Enlarge Board, Get Hint, and Get Help. Place the mouse pointer over any of these icons and left mouse button click to activate.

Game Board

  The game board consists of a 8 by 8 square board divided into 64 squares.

Status Bar

  The status bar contains useful information such as whose turn it is, whicn color represents each player and the number of squares each player controls on the board.

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