Susan Manual And Tips
| Filename | susan-manual-and-tips.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 11.2 KB (11432 bytes) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Downloads | 10 |
The SUSAN Manual is a plain-text companion to Stephen Linhart's board game SUSAN, a quick and subtle two-player strategy game. Compiled in 1994 by Tao Rodriguez-Seeger as freeware, it bundles an introduction to SUSAN with basic and intermediate strategy tips, including ASCII diagrams designed to travel freely across the network.
What SUSAN Is
SUSAN is a two-player abstract board game invented by Stephen Linhart in 1991. The Macintosh version pairs the rules with a computer opponent that, in Linhart's words, learns by playing - a simulated neural-network engine that improves the more games you play against it. The manual exists to teach humans the same lessons.
What's In The Manual
The document is a StuffIt Lite archive (SUSAN Manual.sit) containing the manual as plain ASCII so it renders in any text editor on any platform. It opens with a primer on the rules, then progresses into opening principles, mid-game shape, and a set of intermediate tactical patterns illustrated with character-grid diagrams.
Author And License
The tips manual was assembled by Tao Rodriguez-Seeger (trodrigu@kirk.ecs.umass.edu) and is Copyright 1994 Stephen Linhart, distributed as freeware. The note that ships with the file explicitly invites readers to pass it along to friends.
How To Use It
Treat it as a paired download with the SUSAN game itself - install the game, then keep the manual open in a fixed-width text window while you play. The diagrams assume a monospaced font so columns of stones line up correctly on the board grid.
This file is part of the MacTrove archive. See the Thank You page for the upstream mirrors we rely on. It is BinHex encoded — use The Unarchiver to decode it.
