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    <title>&app; Manual</title>
    <abstract role="description">
      <para>
	Tali is like Yahtzee for GNOME or like poker with dice. The player 
	rolls dice to try to make the best possible combinations, like 
	4 of a kind, small straight, and full house. The player is allowed 
	3 rolls per turn and can hold certain dice with each roll.
      </para>
    </abstract>
    <copyright>
      <year>2001</year>
      <holder>Scott D. Heavner</holder>
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    <primary>GNOME Tali</primary> 
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  <sect1 id="intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>
       <application>GNOME Tali</application> is a sort of poker with
       dice and less money.  You roll five dice three times and try to
       create the best <quote>hand</quote>. Your two rerolls may include
       any or all of your dice.
    </para>
    <para>
      <application>GNOME Tali</application> is very similar to the
      dice game Yahtzee which is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc.
    </para>

    <para>
      To run <application>GNOME Tali</application>, select
      <menuchoice>
	<guisubmenu>Games</guisubmenu>
	<guimenuitem>GNOME Tali</guimenuitem>
      </menuchoice>
      from the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, or type
      <command>gtali</command> on the command line.
    </para>

    <para>
      <application>GNOME Tali</application> is included in the
      <filename>gnome-games</filename> package, which is part of the
      GNOME desktop environment. This document describes version
      &version; of <application>GNOME Tali</application>.
    </para>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="playing">
    <title>Playing GNOME Tali</title>

    <figure id="shot1">
      <title>GNOME Tali in action</title>
      <screenshot>
	 <mediaobject> 
    <imageobject>
  <imagedata fileref="figures/mainwindow.png" format="PNG"
	srccredit="Trevor Curtis"/>
	</imageobject>
    <textobject> 
      <phrase>GNOME Tali main window screenshot.</phrase> 
    </textobject> 
  </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
      When play starts, you see the results of your first throw of the
      dice.      
    </para>

      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Click on the dice you wish to roll again.
	  </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>When you have selected all the dice you wish to reroll,
            press the <guibutton>Roll!</guibutton> button.
	  </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
	  <para>When you have a hand you like or have run out of chances
          to throw the dice, click on a row corresponding to what you think
          is your best scoring combination.  It is very possible to have
          a score of zero and if you click on the wrong row, you
          will be scored accordingly. (Say for example, you get
          yahtzee -- 5 of a kind -- and click on the large straight row,
          you will receive a zero in your large straight score).</para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>

    <para>You can only use each combination once, i.e. once you've entered
      something in a slot, you can't change the score later if you roll a
      better hand.
    </para>

    <para>There is one exception to this rule, if you roll a yahtzee a
     second time you can put it in the yahtzee row again for an extra
     fifty points. You can keep doing this each time you get another
     yahtzee. At the end of the game you will be given extra rolls to
     fill in the other rows. Be warned that if you score zero in your
     yahtzee row (i.e. you filled that row with something that wasn't
     a yahtzee) then you can't put a yahtzee in afterward, zero is all
     you will score.
    </para>

    <para>There is also a bonus of 35 points if you score a total of
    63 points or more in the top six rows.
    </para>

    <sect2 id="keyboard">
    <title>Using the keyboard</title> 

      <para>As an alternative to using the mouse, the keys 1 through 5
    toggle the dice just as if you had clicked them. The key 1
    corresponds to the first die and so on. Use the usual controls to
    roll the dice and select a row. i.e. use tab to switch between the
    roll button and the score area, use the arrow keys to navigate up
    and down the rows and use space to select.</para>
    
    </sect2>

  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="options">
    <title>Game Options</title>

    <figure id="shot2">
      <title>GNOME Tali preferences</title>
      <screenshot>
	 <mediaobject> 
    <imageobject>
  <imagedata fileref="figures/preferences.png" format="PNG"
	srccredit="Trevor Curtis"/>
	</imageobject>
    <textobject> 
      <phrase>GNOME Tali preferences dialog box.</phrase> 
    </textobject> 
  </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>
      <variablelist><title>Human Players</title>
	<varlistentry>
	  <term><guimenuitem>Number of players</guimenuitem></term>
	  <listitem>
            <para>Selects the number of human players.  As described
	      above you are only allowed six total
	      players.
            </para>
          </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
      </variablelist>  
      
    <variablelist><title>Computer Opponents</title>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guimenuitem>Delay between rolls</guimenuitem></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Make the computer opponents pause between rolls
	    of the dice so you can see what they are doing.  Slows down
	    game play some.
          </para>
        </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	<varlistentry>
	  <term><guimenuitem>Number of opponents</guimenuitem></term>
	  <listitem>
            <para>Select the number of computer opponents.  You are allowed a
	      total of six human and computer players.  If you attempt to
	      increase this number near the limit, the number of human players
	      will be decreased to maintain only six total
	      players.
            </para>
          </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
      
    <variablelist><title>Game Type</title>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guimenuitem>Version of the game to play</guimenuitem></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Play either the regular version (similar to Yahtzee) or the
	    version with colors (similar to Kismet). When you change game type,
        you must restart the game to see use the new game type.
          </para>
        </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
      
      <variablelist>
	<varlistentry>
	    <term><guimenuitem>Player Names</guimenuitem></term>
	    <listitem>
	      <para>To change the names of the players just enter new
	      names in the boxes.
	      </para>
	    </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect1>

    <sect1 id="strategy">
      <title>Game Strategy</title>
      <para>The 63 points needed for the bonus in the upper half
      corresponds to getting three of each die type in each row. If
      you score more than three dice in the fives and sixes rows then
      you can afford to place a bad roll in either the ones row or the
      twos row and still get the bonus.
      In the Colors version, you get a bonus of 55 if your upper half total
      is between 71 and 77, and a bonus of 75 if your upper half total is
      greater than 77.
      </para>
      <para>Don't forget about multiple yahtzees, if you roll a second
       yahtzee you can also put it in the yahtzee row for even more points.
       This only applies to the regular game.
      </para>
    </sect1>	
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  <title>Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
  <para>
   When you switch game type, the game does not use the new dice images
   until you restart gtali. It should play correctly with the "wrong" dice.
  </para>
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 <sect1 id="glossary">
   <title>Glossary</title>
   <note>
     <para>Remember that the order of the dice is not important.</para>
   </note>
   <glossary>
       <glossentry id="threeofakind"><glossterm>3 of a Kind</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
	   Three of the dice have the same number. The score is the
   total of all the dice. e.g. 1, 2, 2, 2, 5.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="fourofakind"><glossterm>4 of a Kind</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
	   Four of the dice have the same number. The score is the
   total of all the dice. e.g. 2, 5, 5, 5, 5.
   In the Colors game, the score is 25 plus the total of all the dice.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="yahtzee"><glossterm>5 of a Kind</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
	   Five identical dice. e.g. 3, 3, 3, 3, 3.
   In the Colors game, the score is 50 plus the total of all the dice.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="fullhouse"><glossterm>Full House</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
	   Five dice consisting of two groups: One group of three with
   the same numbers and another group of two with the same
   numbers. e.g. 1, 1, 1, 4, 4.
   In the Colors game, the score is 15 plus the total of all the dice.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="fullhousesamecolor"><glossterm>Full House Same Color</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
       This category is only used in the Colors game.
   Five dice consisting of two groups: One group of three with
   the same numbers and another group of two with the same
   numbers. The numbers must be all the same color. e.g. 3, 3, 3, 4, 4.
   Two dice are the same color if their numbers total 7: 1 and 6 are black,
   2 and 5 are red, and 3 and 4 are green.
   The score is 20 plus the total of all the dice.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="twopairsamecolor"><glossterm>Two Pair Same Color</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
       This category is only used in the Colors game.
   Five dice consisting of two groups: One group of two with
   the same numbers and another group of two with the same
   numbers. The pairs must be all the same color. e.g. 3, 3, 4, 4.
   Two dice are the same color if their numbers total 7: 1 and 6 are black,
   2 and 5 are red, and 3 and 4 are green. The fifth die can be any value.
   The score is the total of all the dice.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="flush"><glossterm>Flush</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
       This category is only used in the Colors game.
   Five dice that are all the same "color":
   Two dice are the same color if their numbers total 7: 1 and 6 are black,
   2 and 5 are red, and 3 and 4 are green. The score is 35 points.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="largestraight"><glossterm>Large Straight</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
	   Five dice with consecutive numbers. e.g. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
   The score is 40 points.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
       <glossentry id="smallstraight"><glossterm>Small Straight</glossterm>
         <glossdef><para>
	   Four dice with consecutive numbers. The fifth die can be
   any number. e.g. 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.
   This category is only used in the regular game.
   The score is 30 points.
	 </para></glossdef>
       </glossentry>
   </glossary>
 </sect1>


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  <title>Authors</title>
  <para>
   <application>GNOME Tali</application> was written by Scott Heavner
   (<email>sdh@po.cwru.edu</email>) and Orest Zborowski. 
   This manual was written by Scott D Heavner
   (<email>sdh@po.cwru.edu</email>) with extra material added by
   Callum McKenzie (<email>callum@physics.otago.ac.nz</email>).
   To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or
   this manual, follow the directions in this 
   <ulink url="ghelp:user-guide?feedback-bugs" type="help">document</ulink>.
  </para>


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