Triple Yahoo! 1.0 Copyright  1993 by Dan Puraty - All rights reserved.

1/4/93 - Initial Release

WHAT IS TRIPLE YAHOO!?

Triple Yahoo! is a game for Windows 3.x similar to the popular
Triple Yahtzee board game, by Milton Bradley. Players roll
animated dice and score in different categories to gain points.
When all scores are made, the player with the most points is
the winner. Triple Yahoo! supports user-configurable Windows 3.1
sound effects via .WAV files if a sound board is installed.

Triple Yahoo! is Shareware, and a registration fee of $10 is
required if used past the 30-day evaluation period.


FILES CONTAINED IN THIS RELEASE

  README.TXT   Documentation (this file)
  LICENSE.TXT  License Agreement / Warranty Disclaimer
  ORDER.TXT    Order Form
  VENDOR.TXT   Distribution Information / Suggestions
  TYAHOO.EXE   Required Executable File
  TYAHOO.CFG   User Preferences File
  TYAHOO.HI    High Scores File
  ATTENTN.WAV  Required(1) Sound File "Attention"
  READY.WAV    Required(1) Sound File "Ready"
  ROLL.WAV     Required(1) Sound File "Roll Dice"
  SORRY.WAV    Required(1) Sound File "Sorry"
  WINNER.WAV   Required(1) Sound File "Winner"
  MCI.VBX      Required Support File
  THREED.VBX   Required Support File

  (1) Required if wave audio sound is desired


INSTALLATION

To install the evaluation version of Triple Yahoo!, create a
subdirectory and copy all the included files into this sub-
directory. Copy the file VBRUN200.DLL (distributed separately,
and available for free) to either this same subdirectory or
into the Windows "System" subdirectory. If you have multiple
programs that require VBRUN200.DLL to run, it is better to
put a single copy in the Windows System subdirectory rather
than to have duplicates in different subdirectories on your
hard disk.


STARTING TRIPLE YAHOO!

To start Triple Yahoo!, you can simply double-click on TYAHOO.EXE
from the file manager, or define a new program item in the Program
Manager. Once started, you must enter the names of the players.
Choose NEW GAME from the FILE menu, enter the player(s) names,
and click CONTINUE. Click the ROLL button and you're off! 


OPTIONS

You can change certain program settings from the OPTIONS menu,
and save them to disk by choosing SAVE SETTINGS. The options are:

  Sound Effects:   Wave Audio (MCI)     plays digitized sounds
                   PC Speaker (beeps)   beeps the PC speaker
                   Sound Off            no sound

  Roll Animation:  Can be turned off for slower PC's


CUSTOM SOUND EFFECTS

Custom sound effects can be used by replacing any of the included
five .WAV files with your own. Files must be named as indicated.


PLAYING TRIPLE YAHOO!

To play Triple Yahoo!, players take turns rolling the dice and
scoring points. After each roll, possible scores are displayed in
red, and zero scores in grey. You can choose where to score at
any time possible scores are displayed by clicking on the desired
score position. If you choose to re-roll, click on the undesired
dice and press the ROLL button. Each player gets up to three
rolls before they must choose a score. Sometimes a score of zero
must be chosen, and is best taken from the single score column.

There are three columns for scoring. The first scores single point
values, the second scores double, and the third scores triple.

If the point values of "Ones" through "Sixes" total 63 or higher,
a bonus of 35 is given (3-of-a-kind in each category is required to
get 63 points). The Double and Triple columns require multiples of
63, respectively, and receive double and triple bonus values.

When the board is filled, the game is over. The player with the
most points is the winner and is automatically entered in the
high-scores file if qualified.


SCORING

Point values for Triple Yahoo! are as follows:

 Ones             only 1's are scored
 Twos             only 2's are scored
 Threes           only 3's are scored
 Fours            only 4's are scored
 Fives            only 5's are scored
 Sixes            only 6's are scored
 Three of a Kind  must have 3-of-a-kind, all dice are scored
 Four of a Kind   must have 4-of-a-kind, all dice are scored
 Full House       must have 2-of-a-kind AND 3-of-a-kind, score 25
 Small Straight   must have a sequence of 4, score 30
 Large Straight   must have a sequence of 5, score 40
 Yahoo!           must have 5-of-a-kind, score 50
 Pot Luck         total of all dice is scored


REGISTRATION

Triple Yahoo! is copyrighted Shareware. This is an evaluation copy
valid for 30-days. Any use Triple Yahoo! after the 30-day trial
period is in violation of federal copyright laws. Read the file
LICENSE.TXT for the license agreement and warranty disclaimer.
Distribution information and description suggestions are contained
in the file VENDOR.DOC.

To register Triple Yahoo!, print the file ORDER.TXT and send with
your check for $10 to:

  Dan Puraty
  3536 Kent Road
  Stow, Ohio  44224

Registered users will receive the latest non-Shareware version on
diskette.

I also welcome any comments you may have about Triple Yahoo!.
Thank you in advance for supporting the Shareware concept!

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