DICEY

from ZX Computing, August/September 1985



Challenge your computer or a friend to play Brian D. Cook's

game which is the rage of Essex.





A monster of a program but one which is well worth typing in. I have not seen

another version of this game published and can guarantee that it's not

another rehash of an old chestnut! Extensive instructions are given in the

program but a brief outline may encourage you to make the effort to enter it.



It is a two player game, either you and a friend or against the computer (who

plays a mean game and Brian assures me it doesn't cheat!), played on a board

drawn on screen.



The aim of the game is for a player to manoeuvre so that three counters are

in his part of the board which is a 9x13 grid. Each player's home area is the

outer three columns of each lane, shown in red. There are nine counters which

a player can move, one in each lane.



The counters are moved depending on the result of throwing five dice, eg.

throwing three sixes would move the counter in the 6 lane two squares towards

the player, (ie. one square less than the number of sixes thrown).



Don't worry if this sounds obscure; as I said, full instructions are provided

in the program and prompts are supplied during the game. I found it easy to

get the idea after actually playing it. A game which ranks with some of the

commercial programs on the market!