Game Controls

Game buttons

These Start and Stop the game. Next Player button starts the turn of the next player. More detail on Start, Next Player and Stop buttons are detailed the Actions Menu page.
Game buttons

Game Reset

Resets the program to begin a new game. More detail can be found on the Actions Menu page.
Game Reset button

Sound Toolstrip

• Alert Buzzer  Sounds the Alert buzzer.
• Period End Buzzer  Sounds the Period End buzzer.
• Mute All Sounds  Toggles sound on of off. When muted, the program runs in silent mode.


Sound toolstrip

Game Log Toolstrip

The Game Log Toolstrip has the following functions. Note that while either of these popup dialogs is open, other Controller functions are not available. Specifically, pressing a Move Completed key will not be recognized.

• View Log  Pops up a window with the contents of the game log. The log includes all game events (like captured pieces) with a time stamp. Game Statistics are appended at the bottom. (Print or save from this window)
• Game Statistics  Pops up a window with the key game statistics (includes moves, pieces captured, clock times, etc.). (Print or save from this window)
• Add Comment  Adds a player comment to the game log.


Game Log toolstrip

Display Toolstrip

The Hide All and Show All buttons allow you to quickly make all game displays visible or invisible. And Show/Hide Player X pulldown will toggle between show and hide for an individual selected player. The Toggle Title Bars button will show or hide all Windows Title Bars on all game displays.

Display toolstrip

Roll Dice

Rolls the dice. Dice appear in a separate window. Set number of dice to roll under the Edit menu.
Roll dice button