3D Checkers v5.1
Shareware: $15.00
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This is a shareware game.  Please honor the system and pay for it if you like it.

• The object of Checkers:
To win you must capture all of your opponent's pieces or block all his/her moves.

• Moving:
To move pieces just click in the LOWER half of the piece and drag it to the new location.  The cursor will always indicate the current player.

• The File Menu:
New Game - Stops the current game and starts a new one.

Save Current Game As .. - Saves the state of the current game.

Load Old Game .. - Loads a previously saved game.

Show Comments - This shows user comments on the current game.  These comments may be modified, and are saved with the game.

Quit - Exits the program.

• The Edit Menu:
This menu activated only for DAs.

• The Players Menu:
This menu determines the players of the game.  The computer may be selected as a player.

• The Difficulty Menu:
This menu adjusts how fast and well the computer plays.
The higher the level, the longer the computer takes to make moves.

• The Options Menu:
Setup Game Board - This option allows the player to arrange the board into a specific configuration.  You may move a piece already on the board clicking and dragging it.  Clicking on an empty space will add a new piece.  You may delete a piece by dragging it off the board or moving another piece on top of it.

Replay Game - This allows you to replay a game that was loaded or to replay the current game.  This will replay the game up to the point this option was selected.

Force Computer Move - Stops the computer from searching and gets it to make its current best move.  Use this if you are tired of waiting.  All bets are off on the quality of the move.

Take Back - Allows you to replay your last move. (Oops!)

Show Computer Search - This displays the computer search on the game board.  It also slows down the game.

Game Sounds - After moves and at other times the computer will generate tones and beeps if this is selected.

Extended King Moves - This allows the kings to move over consecutive empty positions and to make long jumps.

Enforce Jumps - This option, when selected, makes taking jumps mandatory.