TriToc (c) Martin Heni 2002
Tritoc is a small desktop game for the KDE. One or two player try to occupy a game board of 9 fields containing 9 holes. Each of the fields as well as the game itself is won by placing 3 pieces of the same color into one row, coloumn or diagonal (ala Tic-Tac-Toe). However, the places where to place your pieces is determined by dice adding an random luck factor to the game.
- Usage
The player in turn throws the dice by clicking on them.
If there is a free hole of the dice number the player can
place a piece of his/her color into this hole by clicking
on the board. If no number is free the dice can be rethrown.
However, after three throws the move is over and the next
player can move.
Also after placing your piece onto the board the next player can
throw the dice.
There are two special numbers, the 2 and 12. If a 12 is thrown a piece of the opponent can be removed unless it is in a full field. In case of a 2 an own piece has to be removed.
To win a field three pieces of the same color need to be
placed in any row, column or diagonal.
To win the game three fields in any row, column or diagonal
need to be occupied by one player.
If the game is not won and no more holes are empty or
the none of the players could move for four times the game
ends drawn.
- Levels
You can choose different levels. The normal level starts with an empty board. The other levels prefill some holes for the red or yellow player thus making it easier to win.
- Scoring
You get one point for each occupied field and an additional five points for winning a game.
- Dice
- There are two types of dice available to the program. The "standard dice" simulate two real dice thrown and the "equal numbers" will provide artifical dice which throw each number 3-11 with the same probability and the 2 and 12 with 1/3 of this probability. This makes the game play more easy as all numbers fill in equally whilst with the two real dice the numbers are not thrown with the same probability (e.g. a 7 is much more often thrown than a 3 as you can throw a seven with 1+6,2+5,3+4,4+3,5+2,6+1 whilst a three can only be thrown with 1+2,2+1).
- Note
Please write me an Email at tritoc@heni-online.de if
you have any comments about the game. For available
updates check also the homepage
http://www.heni.org/linux/.