EXCALIBUR ET477 Einstein Touch Backgammon - Manual (Page 5)

H
OW TO
P
LAY
After inserting batteries and pressing
RESET
button, you can press the
ON
button to turn on the unit. You will
see the game level ʻL1ʼ flashing on
the screen. There are two levels. In
level L2 you can not take back your
previous move. You can select L1 or
L2 to play by pressing the
SELECT
or the
LEFT
/
RIGHT
button. Press the
ON
button
to confirm the level and start play. In
your backgammon game, you play
against the computer and the computer
always plays first. You must roll dice
for yourself and for the computer by
pressing the
DICE
button. The black
head represents the computerʼs side
and the white head represents your side.
When it is your turn simply press
DICE
to roll the dice for yourself.
The two dice will flash their
numbers. Move your checker based
on the numbers on your two dice.
There are two methods to select a
checker.
Method 1:
Press the point which you have a
checker you want to move. A small
hand icon will appear on the point you
have selected. Then press the point
that you want to move your checker to.
Method 2:
You may press the
SELECT
button,
and you will see the small hand icon
appear on the first point on which
you have a checker (the top right
position). Press
SELECT
button again
to move the hand icon to the next
point on which you have a checker.
Move the hand in this way until it
appears above the checker you want
to move, then press the
LEFT
or
RIGHT
die button to move your checker.
The checker will move the number
of spaces that corresponds to the
number on the die you just selected.
NOTE: If you move more than 5
checkers to a single point, the bottom
checker of the point will flash to
indicate that you have additional
checkers on this space. You must
move all your checkers to your
inner home table, and bear off them
quickly to defeat the computer.
You can begin to bear off checkers
from the board when all 15 of
your checkers have been moved
into your inner home table.
To bear off your checkers, you may
either press the
LEFT
or
RIGHT
button
which will move your checkers off
the corresponding point, or select the
checker you want to bear off and
then press the remove area (the large
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