╘HESE ARE MINIMUM TIMES. ╟AMES CAN NOT BE SAVED, WHEN YOU ABORT, THE GAME CAN NOT BE RECOVERED.
╧BJECTIVE
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╔N ╧THELLO, YOUR OBJECTIVE IS TO FILL THE GAME GRID WITH AS MANY OF YOUR PIECES AS POSSIBLE. ╘HE ╟AME IS DONE WHEN ALL OF THE POSITIONS ON THE GRID ARE OCCUPIED. ╘O POSITION YOUR PIECE ON THE GRID, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DRAW A LINE BETWEEN THE PIECE YOU ARE PLACING IN THIS TURN AND ANOTHER OF YOUR PIECES FROM A PREVIOUS TURN SUCH THAT A PIECE THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU LIES BETWEEM THEM. ┴FTER YOU HAVE DONE THIS, ALL OF THE PIECES WHICH LAY BETWEEN THE PIECE YOU PLACE AND YOUR OTHER PIECES AUTOMATICALLY BECOME YOURS! ╘HIS WILL HAPPEN FOR ANY LINE - DIAGONALS INCLUDED.
┼XAMPLE:
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╔F A PORTION OF THE GRID LOOKED LIKE THIS AND IT WAS ╪'S TURN TO MOVE..
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╔ ╔ ╔ ╧ ╔ ╧ ╔ ╧ ╔ ╪ ╔
+---+---+---+---+---+---+
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╨LACING AN ╪ IN THE INDICATED POSITION WOULD GIVE ╪ ALL OF THE PIECES:
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╔ ╔ ╪ ╔ ╪ ╔ ╪ ╔ ╪ ╔ ╪ ╔
+---+---+---+---+---+---+
^ ^ ^
╫HERE THE INDICATED PIECES USED TO BELONG TO PLAYER ╧.