X B U G C H E S S ! ! ! ! ! !
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WARNING:

XBUGCHESS is in alpha release please do not pass these sources along. 
Requests should be sent to me.  (I'll of course say yes, but I'd like to
keep track of test releases)  Thanks. 

-Chee 


ABOUT THE PROGRAM

XBUGCHESS is actually a combination of xchess, xspeedchess, and
xbugchess.  They all switch on names, so make sure links to the main
xbugchess game. 

The code is fairly scary, so be warned if you are contemplating
modifications.   If however, you do brave it and add a feature or two,
please mail me a patch so that I can redistribute it. 

Change the DAEMON_PROG in xbugchess.h specification to point to where
the daemon will reside.

ABOUT THE GAME

I won't go into the game of chess primarily because I pretty much suck
at it. 

Bugchess however, is a 4 player variant of chess.  There are two
teams of two players.  Partners play different colors.  When one person
takes a piece, that person gives it to your his partner, and that
partner places it on their board as their turn (plopping a piece). 

The only rules for plopping pieces are that it must be placed on an
empty square, and the pawn can not be plopped on the first or eighth
row.

There is no such thing as check, so you may castle whenever move
constraints allow.

When a pawn is promoted it becomes a queen.  When it is taken, it is
passed to the partner AS A PAWN.  Thus it is more valuable to take a
real queen then a promoted one. 


The rest of running the game is explained in the man page.

Have fun!

-Chee
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