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<title><application>Iagno</application> Manual V2.8</title>
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Iagno is a computer version of the game Reversi, more popularly called Othello.
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<revnumber>Iagno Manual V2.8</revnumber>
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<date>Setembre de 2004</date>
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<para role="author">Eric Baudais
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<revnumber>0.1</revnumber>
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<date>4 February 2000</date>
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<authorinitials>EB</authorinitials>
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Licensed the Iagno Manual under the FDL. Updated the
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screenshots to the GDP standard theme, MicroGUI.
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<releaseinfo>This manual describes version 2.12 of Iagno.
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<title>Introduccion</title>
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<title>What is Iagno?</title>
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<application>Iagno</application> is a computer version of
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the game Reversi, more popularly called Othello.
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<application>Iagno</application> is a two player strategy
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game similar to Go. The board is 8 by 8 with tiles that
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are black on one side and white on the other side. The
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object of <application>Iagno</application> is to flip as
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many of your opponent's tiles to your color as possible
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without your opponent flipping your tiles. This is done
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by trapping your opponent's tiles between two tiles of
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Iagno also features <link linkend="network-games">multiplayer</link> support with two
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human players in hotseat or network mode.
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To run <application>Iagno</application>, select
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<guimenuitem>Iagno</guimenuitem> from the
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<guisubmenu>Games</guisubmenu> submenu of the <guimenu>Main
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Menu</guimenu>, or type <command>iagno</command> on the
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<title>Why is Othello called Iagno?</title>
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You're probably wondering why this game is called
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<application>Iagno</application> instead of Othello or
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even gnothello. The answer is complicated, and involves
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things like trademarks and lawyers and whatnot.
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it at that, I'll tell you a long and complicated lie about
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the origin of the name <application>Iagno</application>.
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On a stormy night, like those depicted so much in England,
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a lonely programmer was sitting in front of his computer
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screen. Ian had finished his masterpiece in gaming. It
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was a fully interactive game of Othello and he decided
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to play a pun with the name and called it gnothello for
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the game was written using GNOME.
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Later his buddies came over and like all programmers he
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showed off his masterpiece. They all laughed in his face
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and told Ian that his game was worthless and a pitiful
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attempt to be a true hacker. After Ian kicked them out
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he decided to rename his program Iago
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Iago is Othello's nemesis in the play <citetitle>Othello
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</citetitle> by William Shakespeare.
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had manifested itself due to his game. Yet it still
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didn't sound right. All GNOME programs have some part
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of GNOME in it, Ian thought. After much thought he decided
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on the name we have come to cherish, <application>Iagno
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<title>Playing Iagno</title>
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The board starts with four tiles arranged in a box on the
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middle of the board. The tiles have the same color at each
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corner, as shown in <xref linkend="start-shot"/>.
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<title>Starting Position</title>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/START.png" format="PNG" srccredit="Eric Baudais"/>
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<phrase>Screenshot of the starting position.</phrase>
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Black goes first and places a tile on the board such that it
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traps white's tiles between two of black's tiles. When black places
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a tile on the board all of white's tiles between black's newly placed
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tile and another black tile, in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row, are flipped over
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and become black, as shown in <xref linkend="first-shot"/>.
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<title>First Move</title>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/FIRST.png" format="PNG" srccredit="Eric Baudais"/>
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<phrase>Screenshot of the first move.</phrase>
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When there is tile trapped between two tiles, of an identical color
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in the same row, the player captures tiles until another tile of the
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player's color is encountered, as shown in <xref linkend="block-shot"/>.
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The player can only take tiles that are
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a direct result of the placing a tile on the board. Once a tile is
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placed on the board the player cannot remove it and place the tile
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somewhere else. If a player cannot move they forfeit their turn.
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The game ends when it is no longer possible for either player to move.
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<title>White cannot capture the black tile in the center of the
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middle column because there are white tiles blocking the ends of that
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column. If it where blacks turn instead, black could place a tile at
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the top of the column but would only flip the first of the two white
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<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="figures/BLOCK.png" srccredit="Eric Baudais"/>
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<phrase>Screenshot of black blocking.</phrase>
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<title>Game Settings</title>
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<title>Player Color and Difficulty</title>
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When you start Iagno the human player plays black and the computer player
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plays white with the first level of difficulty. Using the
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<guimenuitem>Players</guimenuitem> tab in the
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<guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu> dialog you can set the type of
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player for each color. Human is of course you, level one is the
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easiest computer player and level three is the hardest. You can set
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both to human to play against a friend or set both to computer to
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watch the computer play itself.
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<title>Quick Moves Option</title>
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This option is in the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. Then go to the
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<guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu> submenu in the <guimenuitem>Players
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</guimenuitem> tab and it is initially off. When enabled this option
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makes the computer player place its tiles faster.
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<title>Nòta :</title>
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Enabling this option does not force the computer player to move and does
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not reduce the level of difficulty.
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<title>The Preferences menu with the Player tab highlighted.</title>
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<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="figures/PLAYER.png" srccredit="Eric Baudais"/>
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<phrase>Screenshot of the player settings.</phrase>
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<title>Aparéncia</title>
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All the animation option are in the
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Preferences </guisubmenu>
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menus with the <guimenuitem>Appearance</guimenuitem> tab highlighted.
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<title>Animacion</title>
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flipped, using radio buttons. Selecting the option <guibutton>none
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</guibutton> will cause the tiles to change color instantaneously.
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Selecting the <guibutton>option</guibutton> partial will cause the
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animation to flip the tiles slowly. Selecting the <guibutton>complete
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</guibutton> option will cause the tiles to flip slowly and smoothly.
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<title>Stagger Flips</title>
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This option causes captured tiles along a row, column, or diagonal to
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flip one after another, like dominoes, instead of all flipping
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simultaneously. It has no effect on game play, but looks cool.
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<title>Show Grid</title>
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This option should be enabled for beginning players to see the gameplay
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<title>Flip Final Results</title>
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This option moves all the black tiles to the top of the board and all the
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white tiles to the bottom of the board at the end of the game. This allows
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<title>Nòta :</title>
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<title>Tile Set</title>
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and change the texture and colors for different effects. When you make a new
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tile set that works with Iagno send it to Ian Peters <email>itp@gnu.org</email>
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and he will include it with the next distribution.
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<title>Important:</title>
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There are three tile sets which look the same, but have different
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animations -- woodtrim, shrink, and blend.
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<title>The Preferences menu with the Appearance tab highlighted.</title>
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<phrase>Screenshot of the animation settings.</phrase>
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<sect1 id="network-games">
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<title>Network Games</title>
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Iagno support networked multiplayer games which is provided by <ulink type="http" url="http://www.ggzgamingzone.org">GGZ Gaming Zone</ulink>. By connecting to a Iagno server
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on the Internet, you can challenge other players in multiplayer games.
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For news, updates and a list of servers to connect to, see the <ulink type="http" url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-games/">gnome-games website</ulink>.
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<guimenuitem>Network Game</guimenuitem></menuchoice> on the Iagno menu.
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<title>Connecting to a Iagno network server</title>
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The Iagno connection dialog is shown initially when starting a new
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network game. This dialog allows you to select a server to connect to,
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and the username that you will have while connected to that server.
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It is possible to connect to a server with either a guest account or a normal
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registered account. Guest accounts allows you to anonymously login, while
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a normal login account allows you to reserve your own username which
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is protected by the password that you choose.
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<para> The <guimenuitem>Guest Login</guimenuitem> option should be selected
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if you want an anonymous guest account. If you want to create a new
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login account, then select the <guimenuitem>First-time Login</guimenuitem>
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option, with the username, password and email of your choice.
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the <guimenuitem>Normal Login</guimenuitem> option, and enter the
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username and password that you have chosen.
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<title>The Iagno network connection dialog.</title>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/connect.png" format="PNG" srccredit="Andreas Røsdal"/>
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<phrase>The Iagno network connection dialog.</phrase>
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<title>Joining a game room</title>
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Once you have successfully connected to a server, you can choose which game room to join. To play a multiplayer game of Iagno, select the Iagno room. If you want to host your own game, then click on the Launch button. This creates a new table where other players can participate in a game against you.
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If there are any other games already started, then you can double-click on an existing game table to join it.
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The list of game tables on the right shows you the number of available seats, which means the
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number of players that can join the game table.
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<title>This Iagno network dialog allows you to join a game room to find other players.</title>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/tables.png" format="PNG" srccredit="Andreas Røsdal"/>
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<phrase>This Iagno network dialog allows you to join a game room to find other players.</phrase>
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When creating a new table for Iagno games, a preference dialog is displayed which allows you to
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customize the game, such as set the minimum number of players for the game. Once the total
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number of seats have been taken, then no more players are allowed to join that game table.
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It is possible to chat with other players in network games. Ask for advice or help playing the games,
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but please be polite against other players.
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<title>Waiting for other players to join the game</title>
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players have joined the table. The <guimenuitem>Players List</guimenuitem> menu item
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allows you to see a list of the players who have joined the game.
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<title>Playing multiplayer Iagno games</title>
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except that you are now playing against human players. This means that other
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strategies might possibly be better than when playing against AI players.
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Once a player has won, the game ends and you can return to the initial network game screen.
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Then you can play yet another game of addictive Iagno multiplayer!
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<title>Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
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The computer player for Iagno is easy to beat.
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<title>Autors</title>
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<application>Iagno</application> was written by Ian Peters
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(<email>itp@gnu.org</email>). This manual was written by Eric Baudais
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(<email>baudais@okstate.edu</email>).
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To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or
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this manual, follow the directions in this
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<ulink url="ghelp:gnome-feedback" type="help">document</ulink>.
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