Table of Contents

Outline

1. Introduction and Basics
2. Time Controls and Scoring by Game Type
3. Time Controls - Advanced Settings
4. Game Type - Customization
5. Game Controller
6. Main Menu Items
7. Personas
8. Options
9. General Topics

• 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 Summary
  • 1.1.2 For Custom Game Shows, Debates and More
  • 1.1.3 Used by Hollywood Producers
  • 1.1.4 For Standard Board Games At Home
  • 1.1.5 Demo Videos
  • 1.1.6 Key Features
• 1.2 Quick Start
  • 1.2.1 Game Set Up
  • 1.2.2 Play a Game
  • 1.2.3 Player Controls
  • 1.2.4 Game Over
  • 1.2.5 New Game
  • 1.2.6 Time Controls
  • 1.2.7 Scoring
  • 1.2.8 Game Display Features
• 1.3 Screen Shots

• 2.1 Chess Details
  • 2.1.1 Scoring
  • 2.1.2 Time Controls
  • 2.1.3 Saving Favorite Time Controls
  • 2.1.4 Official Scoring Rules
  • 2.1.5 Penalty and Bonus Points
• 2.2 Checkers Details
  • 2.2.1 Scoring
  • 2.2.2 Time Controls
  • 2.2.3 Saving Favorite Time Controls
  • 2.2.4 Penalty and Bonus Points
• 2.3 Go Details
  • 2.3.1 Scoring
  • 2.3.2 Time Controls
  • 2.3.3 Saving Favorite Time Controls
  • 2.3.4 Official Scoring Rules
  • 2.3.5 Penalty and Bonus Points
• 2.4 Boggle Details
  • 2.4.1 Scoring
  • 2.4.2 Time Controls
  • 2.4.3 Saving Favorite Time Controls
  • 2.4.4 Penalty and Bonus Points
• 2.5 Scrabble Details
  • 2.5.1 Scoring
  • 2.5.2 Using Scrabble Word Editor
  • 2.5.3 Time Controls
  • 2.5.4 Saving Favorite Time Controls
  • 2.5.5 Official Scoring Rules
  • 2.5.6 Penalty and Bonus Points
• 2.6 General Game Details
  • 2.6.1 Scoring
  • 2.6.2 Time Controls
  • 2.6.3 Standard Time Controls
  • 2.6.4 Saving Favorite Time Controls

• 3.1 Time Controls Overview
  • 3.1.1 What is a Time Control?
  • 3.1.2 Gong Period Timer
  • 3.1.3 Standard Period Timer
  • 3.1.4 Time Controls Attributes
  • 3.1.5 Period Attributes
• 3.2 Editing a Time Control
  • 3.2.1 Time Control - Settings
  •           Name, Description
  • 3.2.2 Attributes
  •           Auto advance to next period when period ends
  •           Both players advance to next period at same time
  •           Carry forward remaining time to next period
  •           Last period is Over Time
  •           Stop Game When One Player Remains
  •           Auto Eliminate players that lose on time or game rules
  •           Start next clock immediately when move is completed
  •           Carry forward unused passes to next period
  • 3.2.3 Standard Naming
• 3.3 Editing a Period
  • 3.3.1 Edit Period List
  •           Add or Remove a Period
  • 3.3.2 Period Editor
  •           Name, Period Type, Period Length, Clock Count Direction - Up/Down
  • 3.3.3 About Period Length
  • 3.3.4 Delay and Bonus Time
  •           Delay/Bonus Time, Use Delay or Bonus, Simple Delay, Fischer, Fischer After, Bronstein
  • 3.3.5 Moves and Passes
  •           Enforce total moves completed, Game/Sudden Death, Passes Added This Period
  • 3.3.6 Gong Attributes
  •           Expiration of gong time interval ends game
  •           Limit number of Gongs allotted in period
  •           Number of Gongs
  • 3.3.7 Time Penalty
  •           Enforce penalty for each interval of expired time in period
  •           Enforce penalty immediately when this period starts
  •           Penalty Time Interval Amount
  •           Penalty Points

• 4.1 How to Create a Custom Game
  • 4.1.1 1. Pick a game type.
  • 4.1.2 2. Set Game Type Attributes
  • 4.1.3 3. Configure the Time Control
  • 4.1.4 4. Test the Game
  • 4.1.5 5. Save the Game
• 4.2 Editing the Game Type
  • 4.2.1 Game Type - Settings
  •           Game Name, Game Style, Uses Moves, Uses Passes, Uses Penalty, Allow recording moves
  • 4.2.2 Penalty and Bonus Point Values
  •           Customize Names, Point Values
  • 4.2.3 Score Names and Point Values
  •           Customize Score, Names, Point Values, Add or Remove Scores

• 5.1 Game Controls
  • 5.1.1 Game buttons
  •           Start and Stop/Pause a Game, Next Player begins his turn
  • 5.1.2 Game Reset
  • 5.1.3 Sound Toolstrip
  •           Buzzers for Alert and Period End, Mute All Sounds
  • 5.1.4 Game Log Toolstrip
  •           View Log, Game Statistics, Add Log Comment
  • 5.1.5 Display Toolstrip
  •           Hide All or Hide All Game Displays
  • 5.1.6 Roll Dice
• 5.2 Selected Player Controls Panel
  • 5.2.1 Select Player button
  •           Select Player to adjust game values or Persona
  • 5.2.2 Scoring Toolstrip
  •           Edit a players score, Add scores for player
  • 5.2.3 Moves Adjust Toolstrip
  •           Change number of moves/turns for player
  • 5.2.4 Active Toolstrip
  •           Player accepts draw, Player eliminated, Player reactivated
  • 5.2.5 Move Notation Toolstrip
  •           Record/edit player moves as notation
  • 5.2.6 About Chess Move Notation
  • 5.2.7 Period Toolstrip
  •           Period Edit, Advance Player to Next Period
  • 5.2.8 Clock Adjust
  •           Add or remove time from a players clock (Time handicap)
  • 5.2.9 Passes Toolstrip
  •           Add or remove Passes from a player

• 6.1 File Menu Functions
  • 6.1.1 Load New Game Type
  • 6.1.2 Open Game
  • 6.1.3 Save Game
  • 6.1.4 Save As Game
• 6.2 Edit Menu Functions
  • 6.2.1 Player Personas
  • 6.2.2 Game Type Attributes
  • 6.2.3 Time Controls
  •           Edit Periods, Edit Time Controls, Set All Periods to Same Length
  • 6.2.4 Event
  •           Event Name and Location
  • 6.2.5 Set Number of Players
  • 6.2.6 Set Current Player
  • 6.2.7 Set Number of Dice
• 6.3 View Menu Functions
  • 6.3.1 Refresh
  • 6.3.2 Show a Player Game Display
  • 6.3.3 Hide a Player Game Display
  • 6.3.4 Auto-Size All Game Displays
  • 6.3.5 Set All Sizes to Player 1 Size
  • 6.3.6 Auto Position Game Displays
  • 6.3.7 Tile at Player 1 Location
  • 6.3.8 Cascade at Player 1 Location
  • 6.3.9 Stack at Player 1 Location
  • 6.3.10 Move Player 1 to Screen Top, Left
  • 6.3.11 Toggle Game Display Title Bars
  • 6.3.12 Scale Size of Game Display
  •           Normal size, Custom size
  • 6.3.13 Game Properties
• 6.4 Favorites Menu Functions
  • 6.4.1 Add to Favorites
  • 6.4.2 Organinize Favorites
  • 6.4.3 Load Favorite
• 6.5 Actions Menu Functions
  • 6.5.1 Start (or Resume) Game
  • 6.5.2 Stop (Pause) Game
  • 6.5.3 Move to Next Player
  •           Moves Since Last Capture (MSLC)
  • 6.5.4 Game reset
  • 6.5.5 Roll Dice
  • 6.5.6 Scores Reset
• 6.6 Tools Menu Functions
  • 6.6.1 Options
  • 6.6.2 Restore Options to Factory Settings
  • 6.6.3 National Language Translation - Export / Import
  •           Exporting / Importing Translations, Restore English Translation
• 6.7 Help Menu Functions
  • 6.7.1 Contents
  • 6.7.2 Session Log
  • 6.7.3 Web Site and Support
  • 6.7.4 Activate
  • 6.7.5 De-Activate
  • 6.7.6 About

• 7.1 Personas
  • 7.1.1 About Personas
  • 7.1.2 Manage Personas
  • 7.1.3 Assign Persona to Player
  • 7.1.4 View Persona Assignments
  • 7.1.5 Reset all players to default persona
  • 7.1.6 Edit Persona
  •           Name, Screen Name, Rating, Avatar File
  • 7.1.7 Avatar Image Formats and Size

• 8.1 Options - General
  • 8.1.1 Prompts and Messages
  •           Always prompt warning on game reset
  •           Always prompt warning on period change
  •           Show tooltips
  • 8.1.2 Log File Size
• 8.2 Options - Game Display
  • 8.2.1 Layout Features Visibility
  • 8.2.2 Layout Features: Border and Padding
  • 8.2.3 Layout Features: Center Alignment of Controls
  • 8.2.4 Auto Positioning of Game Displays
• 8.3 Options - Text and Fonts
  • 8.3.1 Game Display Title Text
  • 8.3.2 Labels for National Language Translation
  •           Editing Translation Text, Game Display Static Labels, Default Player Names
  • 8.3.3 Font Styles
  •           Numbers and Labels Fonts, About non-proportional fonts
  • 8.3.4 Font Sizes
• 8.4 Options - Colors and Graphics
  • 8.4.1 Game Display Colors
  • 8.4.2 Game Display Marquee Image
• 8.5 Options - Sound
  • 8.5.1 Enable/Mute Sounds
  •           Change sound for game buzzers: Period End, Attention, Move Click, Game End
  • 8.5.2 Sound Files
  •           About audio file format
• 8.6 Options - Keyboard Input
  • 8.6.1 Enable Move Complete Key
  • 8.6.2 Selecting the Key
  • 8.6.3 Warning! Reserved Keys

• 9.1 Chess Standards Compliance
  • 9.1.1 USCF and FIDE
• 9.2 Clock Accuracy
  • 9.2.1 Precision
  • 9.2.2 Clock Behavior
  • 9.2.3 System Clock
• 9.3 Projecting on to a TV Screen
  • 9.3.1 Basics
  •           Sizing and positioning game displays on secondary screens
• 9.4 Installation and Setup
  • 9.4.1 Try before you buy
  • 9.4.2 Before you install
  • 9.4.3 Step 1. Download/install the program
  • 9.4.4 Step 2. Activation
  • 9.4.5 How to activate
  • 9.4.6 Step 3. Setup
  • 9.4.7 Sizing the Windows
  • 9.4.8 Customize the Game Display
  • 9.4.9 What if the program will not start or there are problems after installation?

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