Excalibur electronic 477ET-CS manuel dutilisation How to Play, L1 or

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case the five-point, is re- moved.

	How to Play
After		inserting			batteries
and pressing				RESET button,
you can press the					ON button
to turn on the unit. You will
see the game level ‘L1’
flashing on the screen. There
are two levels. In level L2
you can not take back your
previous		move.			You	can
select	L1 or			L2 to play by
pressing		the		SELECT or the
LEFT/RIGHT button. Press the
ON button to confirm to level
and	start		play.		In	your
backgammon game, you play
against the computer and the
computer always plays first.
You must roll dice for your-
self and for the computer by
pressing the			DICE button. The
black	head			represents		the
computer’s				side	and	the
white	head		represents			your
side.
When it is your turn simply
press	DICE to roll the dice for
yourself. The two dice will
flash	their		numbers. Move

your checker based on the numbers on your two dice.

There are two methods to select a checker. Method 1:

Press the point which you have checker you want to move. A small hand icon will appear on the point you have selected. Then press the point that you want to move your checker to.

Method 2:
You may press the SELECT
button, and you will see the
small hand icon appear on the
first point on which you have
a checker (the top right posi-
tion). Press SELECT	button
again to move the hand icon
to the next point on which
you have a checker. Move
the hand in this way until it
appears above the	checker

you want to move, then press

the or die button to moveLEFT yourRIGHTchecker. The checker will move the num-

ber of spaces that corre- sponds to the number on the die you just selected. After you finish your turn press to roll the dice for the

computerDICE again.

After you selecting the checker you want to move, you can move the checker with two methods. Method 1:

Press the point where you want to move your checker to based on the dice rolled.

Method 2:

Press the or button to moveLEFTthe checkerRIGHT based on the dice you rolled. If you can’t move the check- er legally based on the num- ber on the dice you rolled, it will automatically become the computer’s turn.

NOTE: If you move more than 5 checkers to a single point, the bottom checker of the point, the bottom checker of the point will flash to indi-

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cate that you have additional
checkers on this space. You
must move all your checkers
to your inner home table, and
bear off them quickly to
defeat the computer.
You can begin to bear off
checkers	from	the board
when all 15 of your checkers
have been moved into your
inner home table.
To bear off your checkers,
you may either press the			LEFT
or RIGHT	button	which	will
move your checkers off the
corresponding point, or select
the checker you want to bear
off and then press the remove
area (the large oval on the
right side of the LCD).
The player that finishes
bearing off all 15 checkers
first wins the game. Then the
head and ‘WIN’ icon will
flash on the screen with a
winning	melody. You		can
press the	START	button to
start a new game.

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