                     Greystone SPECTRANGLE interactive%
                 The New Classic Board Game from Greystone.
                 Interactive version by Graham C. Robinson.

                                  RULES%

THE OBJECT OF THE GAME% is to outscore your opponent (human or electronic) by
placing your Trangs more skillfully. Attack, score high. Defend, stop your
opponent scoring. Match colour to colour, make use of bonus spaces if you can.

THE GAME CONSISTS OF% 36 double-sided coloured playing pieces, called Trangs,
each is unique and has a face-value. These Trangs are placed in turn onto a
board of 36 triangular spaces, some of which are numbered bonus spaces.

AT THE START OF A GAME% each player is dealt four Trangs, the rest remain
in-the-bag. The opening player selects a Trang and places it in any non-bonus
space scoring the face-value of the trang. The hand is replenished from the bag.

THE PLAY CONTINUES% when the next player places one of his Trangs to touch at
least one of the Trangs already played and wherever it touches, the colours
must match. An exception to this is the white Trang which matches any colour.

IF A PLAYER IS UNABLE TO MAKE A PLAY% he may simply PASS (miss a turn) or
SWAP (miss a turn but select a Trang to return to the bag which then replaced).

THE PLAY ENDS% when there are no trangs left in-the-bag and all possible plays
by both players have been made.

THE SCORE IS CALCULATED% as follows:-
A.% Simple: The score for each turn is the face-value of the trang played.
B.% Numbered Bonus Spaces: these are marked on the board. When making a play
   on a bonus space, multiply face-value of trang by the bonus value.
C.% Mulitple Bonus: if a Trang can be placed such that it touches 2 or 3 Trangs
   simultaneously, multiply the face-value by the number of sides touched.
D.% Multiple Bonus on Numbered Bonus Space: if a Trang can be played so that it
   touches 2 or 3 Trangs and is also played on a numbered bonus space, multiply
   the face-value by the number of sides touched and by the bonus value.

At the end of each game the players score is reduced by the sum of the
face-values on that players unplayed trangs.

FINALLY.% Your playing skills will improve dramatically if you know your Trangs.
Each one is different, but if you study them carefully, you'll be able to work
out what is left in the bag and the Secrets of Spectrangle will unfold!
(Real SPECTRANGLERs don't use the HINT and SHOW BAG features!!)


                 PRESS A KEY OR CLICK THE MOUSE TO CONTINUE.%

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