| At the start of the game the dice will be rolled and the player with the highest roll will start. The opponents dice will display in the left side of the screen in white and the players dice displays on the right side in black. The number of moves left is displayed in between the players dice. The computers(opponent) pieces are white and the opponents pieces black. The state of the game is displayed in a message area at the bottom of the board. If the computer started it will make a move and the move will be displayed in the lower message area, and wait for you to roll the dice. To roll the dice rotate the iPhone through 45 degree plus along its longest axis, that is so the longest edge is nearly vertical, or you can tap the dice. The number of games won by each player is displayed in a message area at the top of the board. | |
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To move a piece touch on the point of the piece you wish to move. When picked the piece will show above the finger. As you move the piece across the board the points to which the piece can move will highlighted with a red outline. To drop the piece on the selected point release the finger from the screen when the desired point is highlighted. There is a tendency to overshoot the selected point so to compensate for this move the finger back slightly before releasing. |
| If you want to undo a move perform a swipe from right to left in the center of the board. A prompt will display asking to you to confirm or cancel the undo. |
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To double, tap the doubling dice on the left side of the board. The computer will accept or decline and display a prompt. Press continue to proceed with the game. |
| If the computer decides to double it will display a prompt asking whether you wish to accept or decline. Press accept to proceed with the game or decline to resign. |
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To show the information screen on the iPhone tap the info button at the top right hand side of the screen. The display will flip to the info view. To return press the board button at the top right hand side of the screen and the display will flip back to board. |
If the game detects an internal problem an email prompt will display asking your permission to report the problem with diagnostic data on the problem.
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