Excalibur electronic 404-2 manual Undoing Moves, Multiple Captures, Getting Hints, Changing Sides

play. You don't need to make the		king by making a jump cannot con-
move with the largest number of		tinue jumping as a king. He must
captures. After	Touch Checkers	wait for the next turn.
plays its move and you have a		Playing the White Pieces
jump to make, it will show JP in the
move number area. But if you		When you want to play the White
overlook a capture and try to make
another move, Touch Checkers will		pieces (to let Touch Checkers move
remind you of the capture possibil-		first) press the MOVE key before
ity by displaying JUMP. Touch		you make your first move as Black.
Checkers knows the rules of		You’ll see the White and Black
checkers and will stick to them.		pieces switch places immediately.
Make your capture and proceed			Undoing Moves
with the game.		Touch Checkers does not have as
Multiple Captures		good a memory as Touch Chess,
If you have a multiple capture,		so it only permits its last move and
after you complete the first jump		your last move to be taken back.
the display shows the coordinate			Getting Hints
of the square you are on and JP to		Pressing the HINT key displays
remind you to continue the captur-
ing sequence.		HinT and flashes a recommended
Turn your Men into Kings		move on the screen.
			Changing Sides
At the start of the game, each of		If during a game you find yourself
the 24 pieces is referred to as a		losing, you can change sides with
man. When a man reaches the far		Touch	Checkers.	Pressing the
side of the board, he is crowned		MOVE key twice before you regis-
king and becomes much more		ter your move will switch sides (col-
powerful than an ordinary man		ors) with your computer. (Between
because a king can move both		presses, the display will read FLIP.)
backward and	forward. Touch
Checkers is well versed in the			Levels of Play
movement of kings and the crown-		Generally, the higher the level you
ing process, so it will automatically
crown your man to turn it into a		select,	the better	your Touch
king. A man that is promoted to a		18Checkers will play, and the longer it