JCSM Shareware Description
Program: RENJU

Program Description:

  RENJU is a variant of GO-MOKU and GO, the japanese board games,
and is normally played on a 19x19 GO board - although you can vary
the board size. Each side takes turns to place a stone on the board
and the first player to get a line of five wins. In RENJU you can
change the win-line count, but for clarity, lets use 5. Game-play
HINTS:- When playing, you will notice that when you get a line
of four pieces WITHOUT any obstruction at either end, you will win
on your next move - unless your opponent is able to make five
straight away and win. For similar reasons, making two open ended
3-in-a-row lines usually forces a win, since your opponent cannot
prevent one of them becoming an open-ended 4-in-a-row line. You
can also see that making an open-ended 3-in-a-row line forces your
opponent to make a blocking move, and it is often a series of such
threats that win the game. Learning to spot the threats is the key!
  Unlike other versions of GO-MOKU you may have seen, RENJU plays a
decent game, because it uses proper alpha-beta tree-search methods.
When the set a response time, the computer searches deeper and deeper
until it runs out of time. The IQ factor tells you the depth - an IQ
of 10 means it is searching up to 10 moves ahead. The Score printed
on the side indicates how well it thinks it is doing - if the score
is +v, White is doing well, if -ve, Black is doing well. When the
score reaches about +/- 2000, a forced win is in sight!
NOTE: When playing, the A1 square is at bottom left of board.


 ESC - Abort back to main menu.
 -,+ - Alter average response time in seconds. (Zero for EASYMODE)
 F1  - Get a HINT from the computer.
 F2  - Make me take your go, swapping sides.
 F5  - Toggle TWO-PLAYER/SET-UP mode, Enter moves without comp reply.
 F7  - Toggle SOUND off and on.
  u  - Undo a move - do this TWICE to get back to your last move.
  v  - View - Load and Replay a sample game from disk.
     + many more on full version!

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