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15 [Times New Roman,16#004080]Game Over - Blue Wins!
16 [Times New Roman,16#800000]Game Over - Red Wins!
17 Blue has lost six playing pieces, and so has lost the game.
18 Red has lost six playing pieces, ad so has lost the game.
19 Blue has captured all its goals, and so has won the game.
20 Red has captured all its goals, and so has won the game.
21 Blue to Play
22 Red to Play
23 It is not your turn
24 That is not your piece
25 Blue Wins
26 Red Wins
27 Times New Roman,12,B
28 Classic Abalone Rules
29 Modern Abalone Rules
30 Modern Rules; Capture The Flag
31 Modern Rules; King of the Hill
32 Anonymous
33 Modern Rules; Battlefield 1
34 Modern Rules; Battlefield 2
35 Modern Rules; Battlefield 3
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50 A straight-forward contest to push your opponent off the sides of the board, before he does the same to you.\n\n+
51 This simplest variation will be familiar to fans of the classic board game.
55 Push your opponents off the side, or into holes in the board you create by breaking your opponents' pieces.\n\n+
56 To break an opponent's piece, just push exactly one of his pieces into one of yours--the piece falls, and leaves a hole in the board!
60 Try to capture your goals on the other side of the board, while preventing your opponent from reaching his.\n\n+
61 Don't forget that you can also win by breaking your opponent's pieces or pushing them off the board.
65 Win by pushing your opponent off the board, or by capturing all of the goals in the center of the board.\n\n+
66 Since you and your opponent are competing for the same goals right in the middle of the board, this variation usually makes for a fast game.
70 Push your opponent off the board, capture your goals and prevent your opponent from doing the same.\n\n+
71 This battlefield breaks the board into two nearly-separate sections, with lots of goals on each side.
75 Push your opponent off the board, capture your goals and prevent your opponent from doing the same.\n\n+
76 This battlefield perforates the board with holes and goals.
80 Push your opponent off the board, capture your goals and prevent your opponent from doing the same.\n\n+
81 This battlefield buries goals around the rim of the board where they're hard to reach.
100 [B]If you've never played Abalone before[], please take a few moments to read through this tutorial on how to play.\n\n+
101 Even before learning the game's rules, it's important to become familiar with the mechanics of moving your pieces. You can practice using the miniature playing board shown below.\n\n+
102 [B]1.[] To move one of your pieces, move the mouse over it and click (and hold) the left mouse button to "pick it up".\n+
103 [B]2.[] While still holding down the mouse button, move the mouse in the direction you want to push the piece--if the move is legal, you'll see a little green arrow pointing in that direction.\n+
104 [B]3.[] When you've decided on a direction, just let go of the mouse button.
110 [B]If you push one of your pieces into another of your pieces, they'll both move[]; you can move a chain of up to three pieces with just one push.\n\n+
111 To see how it works, click on the left-most piece below and push it to the right: you'll notice that both pieces get the little green arrows, and both move when you let go. Try again and all three will move.\n\n+
112 [B]Remember:[] you can't push any more than three of your pieces at once.
120 [B]You can push your pieces into your opponent's pieces, and they'll all move.[]\n\n+
121 In the board below, try pushing the two blue pieces into the adjacent red piece (pick up the left-most blue piece, and push it to the right). When you do, you'll see that the red piece moves too.\n\n+
122 You can move your opponent's pieces in this manner only if you push [B]more of your pieces than your opponent's[]--two of your pieces can push one of your opponent's, or three of yours can push at most two of your opponent's.\n\n
130 [B]To win, just push your opponent's pieces off the sides of the board.[]\n\n+
131 You can play with Classic Abalone rules or Modern Abalone rules, but in either case you can win by pushing six of your opponent's pieces off the board--or lose if he pushes off six of yours.\n\n+
132 To push an opponent's piece off the board, just push your pieces into it until you reach the side--then one more push, and it's gone!
140 When playing with the [B]Classic Abalone Rules[], that's all there is to the game: push your opponent off before he pushes you. The [B]Modern Abalone Rules[] introduce a new technique to defeat your opponent: Breaking.\n\n+
141 You can break an opponent's piece (or, more precisely, break the board under it) by surrounding it on two opposite sides with your pieces--and then pushing your pieces into it. A hole appears in the board, and your opponent's piece falls through!\n\n+
142 Practice Breaking below: just push your two leftmost pieces into the red piece until it's surrounded, then push once more.
150 Modern Abalone Rules also introduce another way to win: [B]Goals[].\n\n+
151 There are three types of goals: Red goals, Blue goals, and Common goals (shown in green). A player can win by occupying all Common goals, as well as all colored goals that match his piece color.\n\n+
152 Some playing boards only show Common goals, while others show only Red and Blue goals, and some have lots of goals.\n\n+
153 [B]That's it![] You're ready to begin playing.