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                         RONDA  Version 0.5

                          by Karim Zerioh

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INTRODUCTION
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     RONDA is a real card game very popular in Morocco. Perhaps the most
     popular one. I made this software to allow people play it on 
     the computer.
     This software is developed with C++ (DJGPP ) and the Allegro
     game library.

Licence and Copyright
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   Copyright (C) 2001 - 2002 Karim Zerioh 
  
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
  
   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.
  
   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION
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After downloading the binary you have to only two simple steps :

1. Create a directory for RONDA, say c:\ronda.

2. Unzip the files from the binary you downloaded and extract them 
   to this dirctory.


HOWTO
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1. Go to the directory where you have installed ronda :
   cd c:\ronda from dos or go this directory from windows explorer.

2. Type ronda, or just doubleclick the file ronda if you are not in dos.
   On the screen you wille see Informations about the current version, 
   the author and the Licence. Just press any key and the game will begin.
3. Your cards are in the bottom of the screen, the computer's cards are 
   hidden with black color. But you can see each card before the computer
   will use it.
   At the left of the screen are registred the number of cards and points 
   each player have got. And in the right side there is a rectangle you can 
   select with mouse in the case you have "ronda" (two cards of the same
   number).
   Then you select with the mouse the card you want to play with, the mouse
   pointer change of appearance, then just select the cards you want to get
   and press any key to continue.
4. The virtual player (the program or the computer) will play, he will show
   you the card he will use and will wait until you prsse a key to continue.
5. Then you can play as you did in step 3 and so on until there is no cards.


RULES OF THE GAME
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Rule 1 : At the first time, each player is given three cards and four cards
         are put on the table. Then three cards will be given to every
         player at next times.  

Rule 2 : At the first time, there shoudn't be two cards of a same number on
         the table. 

Rule 3 : If the player have got a card of a same number as a card on the
         table, then he can get this two cards and all other cards from the
         table accessible by making an iteration of one. Otherwise, he must
         simply add one of his cards to the cards on the table. 

Rule 4 : At the end of the game, the cards remaining on the table are given
         to the player who was the last to get a card from the table.

Rule 5 : In the case one player have got "RONDA" (two cards of the same
         number), he gets one point. In the case the two players have got
         "RONDA", two points are aded to the player who have got the "RONDA"
         with a superior number.

Rule 6 : In the case one player eats all the cards on the table ("MESA"),
         he gets one point.

Rule 7 : In the case one player eats the same card that the other player
         have just put on the table ("ESTE"), he gets one point.

Rule 8 : At the end of the game, the player who have got more than 20 cards
         will see this diference added to his points. 
         Exemple : 
           if he have x cards and x > 20, (x-20) points will be added to his
           points.

Rule 9 : the winner is the player who have got the more points.


CONTACT INFO
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    To contact me, and I will be happy of getting feedback of any kind
    write to me at zerioh@programmer.net.

    You can also suscribe to the users mailing list of the RONDA card 
    game at http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ronda-users.